# Frau

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,434

## Definitions
1. Used as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman.

## Etymology
From German Frau.

## Easily confused with
- **fu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-fu)
- **fry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-fry)
- **fro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-fro)
- **FSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-fsa)
- **FTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-fta)
- **from** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-from)
- **free** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-free)
- **Fred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-fred)
- **frog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-frog)
- **fray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-fray)
- **fret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-fret)
- **Frey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-frey)
- **fraud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-fraud)
- **freak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-freak)
- **Freud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-freud)
- **friar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frau-vs-friar)
- **fa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fa-vs-frau)
- **far** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/far-vs-frau)
- **fan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fan-vs-frau)
- **fat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fat-vs-frau)

## Common misspellings (5)
`faru`, `ffrau`, `frrau`, `frua`, `rfau`

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