Which to use
“frais” is an adjective and “fruit” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #899
- “frais” frequency rank
- #3,262
- “fruit” frequency rank
- 4161
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frais | fruit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Indique un état de fraîcheur, de bonne conservation. | Organe des angiospermes, résultant du développement de l’ovaire après la fécondation, contenant une ou plusieurs graines, et jouant un rôle dans leur dissémination. |
Where the eye mixes frais and fruit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: frais vs fruit
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: frais is \fʁɛ\ while fruit is \fʁɥi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frais is recorded at frequency rank #899, classified as anadj, pronounced \fʁɛ\. fruit is at rank #3,262, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁɥi\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 4161, this pair ranks #432,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of frais vs fruit
Shared letters: fir. Private to "frais": as. Private to "fruit": tu.
"frais" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "fruit" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "frais" and "fruit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "frais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fruit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,300 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frais" and "fruit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fault vs fruit". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #432,300 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.