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Confusables Entry 1020 / 1350 60-second read

Freeze vs. Frieze

To turn solid with cold versus a decorative horizontal band.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

The temple was decorated with a carved freeze.

✓ Correct

The temple was decorated with a carved frieze.

The ruleii

FREEZE = cold. FRIEZE = decorative band.

FREEZE is the verb (turn solid) or the financial noun (wage freeze). FRIEZE is an architectural band — the sculpted strip below a cornice.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

FrIEze has IE — an architectural Item.

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