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Plural of fret

regular plural

The plural of fret is frets.

Forms of fret

Singularfret /fɹɛt/
Pluralfrets /fɹɛts/
Countablecountable

Frets in a sentence

  • A wristband frets on the edges.
  • Rancour frets in the malignant breast.
  • The violin is a stringed instrument but without frets.From the entry stringed
  • The major pent is the same minor pent pattern only shifted down 3 frets toward the nut.2006 March 28, Greg Cisko, “Re: Any good solos?”, in alt.guitar.beginner (Usenet). From the entry pent
  • This may comprise sets of burners firing below refractory or metal frets, or surface combustion plaques.2006, Frank Saxon, editor, Tolley's Industrial and Commercial Gas Installation Practice [Gas Service Technology; 3], 4th edition, Oxford…. From the entry salamander

Meaning of fret

  1. verb Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
  2. verb To chafe or irritate; to worry.
  3. verb To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.

Full definition of fret

Questions about the plural of fret

What is the plural of fret?
The plural of fret is frets.
Is fret countable?
Fret is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fret (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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