# frat

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɹæt/ · frequency rank #20,930

## Definitions
1. Shortened form of fraternity, college organization.

## Etymology
Apocopic form of fraternity.

## Easily confused with
- **fry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fry)
- **fro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fro)
- **FSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fsa)
- **FTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fta)
- **fut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fut)
- **from** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-from)
- **free** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-free)
- **Fred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fred)
- **frog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-frog)
- **fray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fray)
- **fret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fret)
- **Frau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-frau)
- **Frey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-frey)
- **front** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-front)
- **fruit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fruit)
- **fraud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fraud)
- **freak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-freak)
- **frost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-frost)
- **Fritz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-fritz)
- **friar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frat-vs-friar)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ffrat`, `fratt`, `frrat`, `frta`

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