Which to use
“fraise” and “frises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,940
- “fraise” frequency rank
- #46,777
- “frises” frequency rank
- 61717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fraise | frises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faux-fruit du fraisier, réceptacle charnu de forme ovoïde oblongue plus ou moins arrondie et de couleur rouge à maturité (les « fruits » véritables au sens botanique sont les akènes qui recouvrent la peau de la fraise). | Pluriel de frise. |
Where the eye mixes fraise and frises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fraise (CCVVCV) and frises (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: fraise vs frises
A purely visual mix-up. fraise (\fʁɛz\) and frises (\fʁiz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fraise is recorded at frequency rank #14,940, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁɛz\. frises is at rank #46,777, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁiz\.
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 61717, this pair ranks #90,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fraise vs frises
Shared letters: efirs. Private to "fraise": a. Private to "frises": -.
"fraise" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "frises" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fraise" for "frises" ever safe?
Which is more common, "fraise" or "frises"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fraise" and "frises" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fraise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fraise" and "frises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foies vs frises". 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 #90,817 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.