Which spelling is correct "fraiches" or "fraîches"? Treatment in the exercise and the finished text is inconsistent.
Spelling question - fraiche or fraîches?
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Bonjour James,
Thank you for your comment! Both spellings are correct as per Maarten's explanation and Kwizbot should not have corrected it. I have reported this issue to our team.
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
James,
both are correct with ‘ fraiche/s ‘ being the reformed spelling and ‘ fraîche/s ‘ still in common use.
Many words in French have 2 officially accepted spellings, as spelling reforms of 1990 are in use but there has not been universal adoption of them.
Words ‘ traditionally ‘ containing a circonflexe letter in them have mostly changed, although some have an obligatory circonflexe still.
https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9F1500
https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/frais/34968
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:French_spelling_reforms_of_1990
https://www.carrefour.fr/p/creme-fraiche-epaisse-entiere-carrefour-classic-3270190021001
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