Frito
"frito" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Frito” is uncommon English (frequency #58,039 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,039
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A corn chip of the Fritos brand.
Corpus desk
Index EN-frito · Frito · English
Frito · rank #58,039 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,039
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH frictional
Nearest frequency peer: frictional (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Frito”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- freakishly
freakishly
41,966 corpus weight
- Frenchie
Frenchie
41,965 corpus weight
- fresnel
fresnel
41,964 corpus weight
- frictional
frictional
41,963 corpus weight
- Frito
Frito
41,962 corpus weight
- gaf
gaf
41,959 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Frito” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Frito |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,039 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Frito” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Frito is uncommon English at frequency #58,039 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A corn chip of the Fritos brand.".
Frito has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish frito (“fried”). The correct English form is Frito, spelled F-R-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1A corn chip of the Fritos brand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Frito appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She picked up a Frito and pointed it at him. “Are you ever serious?” “Not if I can help it.” She stared at the Frito then licked it.
Etymology
From Spanish frito (“fried”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).