fraudulence
/ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.l(ə)ns/
"fraudulence" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fraudulence” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fraudulence · fraudulence · English
fraudulence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fraudulence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.l(ə)ns/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fraudulence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fraudulence is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.l(ə)ns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fraudulence, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French fraudulence, from Latin fraudulentia (“deceitfulness, disposition to defraud; fraudulence”), from fraudulentus (“deceitful, fraudulent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Fraudulentus is derived from fraus (“deceit, fraud”) (from Proto-… The correct English form is fraudulence, spelled F-R-A-U-D-U-L-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fraudulence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I ſuppoſe ſome of my friends, to whom I read the firſt part, gave notice of my deſign, and, perhaps, ſold the treacherous intelligence at a higher price than the fraudulence of trade will now allow me for my book.
We should therefore not make too much of the fraudulence of all that on-screen wailing. Just because North Korean TV never films anything before rehearsing all spontaneity out of it does not mean the average citizen was unmoved.
Etymology
From Old French fraudulence, from Latin fraudulentia (“deceitfulness, disposition to defraud; fraudulence”), from fraudulentus (“deceitful, fraudulent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Fraudulentus is derived from fraus (“deceit, fraud”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew- (“to mislead”)) + -ulentus (“abounding in, full of”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.