Frelimo
/fɹɛˈliːməʊ/
"frelimo" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Frelimo” is uncommon English (frequency #82,314 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,314
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The nationalist political party of Mozambique, which fought for independence and formed the government after independence in 1975.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Frelimo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /fɹɛˈliːməʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Frelimo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Frelimo is uncommon English at frequency #82,314 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /fɹɛˈliːməʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The nationalist political party of Mozambique, which fought for independence and formed the government after independence in 1975.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Frelimo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Portuguese Frelimo, acronym of Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (“Mozambique Liberation Front”). The correct English form is Frelimo, spelled F-R-E-L-I-M-O.
Definition
- 1The nationalist political party of Mozambique, which fought for independence and formed the government after independence in 1975.
Etymology
From Portuguese Frelimo, acronym of Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (“Mozambique Liberation Front”).
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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Using “Frelimo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-R-E-L-I-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.