Which to use
“fraises” and “fraisse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,579
- “fraises” frequency rank
- #33,270
- “fraisse” frequency rank
- 45849
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fraises | fraisse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de fraise. | Synonyme de frêne. |
Where the eye mixes fraises and fraisse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fraises (CCVVCVC) and fraisse (CCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between fraises and fraisse
A purely visual mix-up. fraises (\fʁɛz\) and fraisse (\fʁɛs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (es ↔ se) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45849, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fraises is recorded at frequency rank #12,579, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁɛz\. fraisse is at rank #33,270, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁɛs\.
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 45849, this pair ranks #199,557 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fraises vs fraisse
Shared letters: aefirs. Private to "fraises": -. Private to "fraisse": -.
"fraises" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "fraisse" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fraises" and "fraisse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "fraises" or "fraisse" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fraises" and "fraisse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fraises" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fraisse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,557 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fraises" and "fraisse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fraisse vs frousse". 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 #199,557 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.