# fresco

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɹɛskoʊ/ · frequency rank #25,767

## Definitions
1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
2. An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
3. The technique used to make such an artwork.

## Etymology
From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of fresh and frisk.

## Easily confused with
- **fresh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fresco-vs-fresh)
- **Fresno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fresco-vs-fresno)
- **Frisco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fresco-vs-frisco)
- **Fredo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fredo-vs-fresco)
- **French** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/french-vs-fresco)
- **fiasco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiasco-vs-fresco)

## Common misspellings (9)
`fersco`, `ffresco`, `frecso`, `frescco`, `fresoc`, `fressco`, `frresco`, `frseco`, `rfesco`

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