Which to use
“friches” and “frises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,308
- “friches” frequency rank
- #46,777
- “frises” frequency rank
- 86085
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friches | frises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de friche. | Pluriel de frise. |
Where the eye mixes friches and frises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. friches runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against frises's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: friches vs frises
A purely visual mix-up. friches (\fʁiʃ\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
friches is recorded at frequency rank #39,308, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁiʃ\. 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 86085, this pair ranks #10,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of friches vs frises
Shared letters: efirs. Private to "friches": ch. Private to "frises": -.
"friches" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "frises" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "friches" for "frises" ever safe?
Which is more common, "friches" or "frises"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "friches" and "frises" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "friches" 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 #10,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friches" 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 #10,260 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.