fragata
[fɾaˈɣ̞at̪a]
The verdict
“fragata” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,262 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,262
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Buque ligero, arbolado con tres palos en cruz y dotado de una bateria de cañones cubierta, que se empleó hasta la primera mitad del siglo XIX como acompañante de navíos más pesados, para exploració...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fragata |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɾaˈɣ̞at̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,262 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fragata” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fragata is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɾaˈɣ̞at̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,262 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fragata, with forms such as "fargata", "ffragata", and "fraagta". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "fragua", "frazada", "fragatas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is fragata, spelled F-R-A-G-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1Buque ligero, arbolado con tres palos en cruz y dotado de una bateria de cañones cubierta, que se empleó hasta la primera mitad del siglo XIX como acompañante de navíos más pesados, para exploración o para intercepción. También se usaron para el tráfico mercante.
- 2Buque de guerra arbolado con tres o más palos, ayudado de un motor a vapor, dotado de no más de dos cubiertas y en sus versiones más modernas blindado. Altamente polifacético para su época, fue utilitzado tanto para escolta como para acciones militares individuales.
- 3Desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial, buque de combate sin velas, mayor que una corbeta y menor que un destructor, que se emplea como escolta y en la persecución de submarinos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fargata,ffragata,fraagta,fragaat,fragatta,fraggata,fragtaa,frgaata,frragata,rfagata
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fragata - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fragata”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-R-A-G-A-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fɾaˈɣ̞at̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fragua” - see the side-by-side comparison. fragata vs fragua
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.