fray
Spanish, noun/ˈfɾai/
fray is spelled F-R-A-Y (4 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,778th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fray is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “friar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Úsase como vocativo ante el nombre de un fraile o freile”.
What does fray mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefriar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Úsase como vocativo ante el nombre de un fraile o freile.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fray
- frayes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fray?
- /ˈfɾai/
- [ˈfɾai̯]
- /fɾaj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fray in Spanish?
fray appears 6.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).