frase

/[ˈfɾase]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,815

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

frase is aSpanishnoun. It means: Grupo de palabras que funciona como una unidad en la sintaxis de una oración. Pronounced [ˈfɾase]. It ranks #1,815 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with free and fray.

Key facts for frase
PropertyValue
Headwordfrase
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɾase]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,815
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of frase in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for frase is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɾase]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,815 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grupo de palabras que funciona como una unidad en la sintaxis de una oración.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for frase, with forms such as "farse", "ffrase", and "frace". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "free", "fray", "Frau", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is frase, spelled F-R-A-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grupo de palabras que funciona como una unidad en la sintaxis de una oración.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: farse,ffrase,frace,fraes,frasse,frrase,frsae,rfase

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for frase

Misspelling Variants of "frase"

farse5ffrase6frace5fraes5frasse6frrase6frsae5rfase5
Misspelling Variants of "frase"

Frequency rank: #1,815 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frase"?
"frase" is spelled F-R-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɾase].
What does "frase" mean?
As a noun, "frase" means: Grupo de palabras que funciona como una unidad en la sintaxis de una oración.
What words are commonly confused with "frase"?
"frase" is commonly confused with "free", "fray", "Frau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frase"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frase" is [ˈfɾase]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frase" come from?
"frase" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.