fracas
/ˈfɹækɑː/
"fracas" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fracas” is uncommon English (frequency #60,816 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,816
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fracas · fracas · English
fracas · rank #60,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,816
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH frist
Nearest frequency peer: frist (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “fracas”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- flotsam
flotsam
39,190 corpus weight
- forefinger
forefinger
39,187 corpus weight
- fracas
fracas
39,185 corpus weight
- frist
frist
39,184 corpus weight
- fundy
fundy
39,183 corpus weight
- Galton
Galton
39,181 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fracas” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fracas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɹækɑː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fracas” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fracas is uncommon English at frequency #60,816 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɹækɑː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fracas in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French fracas, derived from fracasser, from Italian fracassare, from fra- + cassare, equivalent to Latin infra + quassare. The correct English form is fracas, spelled F-R-A-C-A-S.
Definition
- 1A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fracas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fanny read to herself that “it was with infinite concern the newspaper had to announce to the world, a matrimonial fracas in the family of Mr. R. of Wimpole Street; the beautiful Mrs. R. whose name had not long been enrolled in the lists of hymen, and who had promised to become so brilliant a leader in the fashionable world, having quitted her husband’s r…
The Oregon-Northern California region had lost much of its population during the fracas of 1980; it had been heavily hit by Red Chinese guided missiles, and of course the clouds of fallout had blanketed it in the subsequent decade.
Etymology
From French fracas, derived from fracasser, from Italian fracassare, from fra- + cassare, equivalent to Latin infra + quassare.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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