# Alfredo

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #20,283

## Definitions
1. The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo.
2. Any dish of this type.

## Etymology
From Alfredo alla Scrofa, an Italian restaurant in Rome where the pasta dish fettuccine Alfredo was originally served, named after its founder Alfredo Di Lelio. Doublet of Alfred.

## Easily confused with
- **Alfred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alfred-vs-alfredo)
- **albedo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/albedo-vs-alfredo)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aflredo`, `alferdo`, `alffredo`, `alfrdeo`, `alfreddo`, `alfreod`, `alfrredo`, `allfredo`, `alrfedo`, `lafredo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/alfredo