Which to use
“freeze” and “frère” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,517
- “freeze” frequency rank
- #542
- “frère” frequency rank
- 36059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | freeze | frère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Interruption des réactions d’un programme aux activités de l’utilisateur. | Homme ou garçon enfant du même père et de la même mère qu’un ou plusieurs autre(s) individu(s) ; membre masculin d’une adelphie. |
Where the eye mixes freeze and frère
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. freeze runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against frère's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: freeze vs frère
A purely visual mix-up. freeze (\fʁiz\) and frère (\fʁɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
freeze is recorded at frequency rank #35,517, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁiz\. frère is at rank #542, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁɛʁ\.
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 36059, this pair ranks #272,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of freeze vs frère
Shared letters: efr. Private to "freeze": z. Private to "frère": è.
"freeze" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "frère" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- freeze ← fereze · ffreeze · freeez · freezze · freze · frezee · frreeze · rfeeze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "freeze" for "frère" ever safe?
Which is more common, "freeze" or "frère"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "freeze" and "frère" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "freeze" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,286 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "freeze" and "frère" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "freeze vs freezer". 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 #272,286 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.