fresa

/[ˈfɾesa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,852

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fresa is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Fragaria spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies e híbridos de plantas rastreras de la familia de las rosáceas, cultivadas por su fruto comestible. Son plantas perennes que producen brotes nuevos cada... Pronounced [ˈfɾesa]. Often confused with fría and frey.

Key facts for fresa
PropertyValue
Headwordfresa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɾesa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,852
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fresa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɾesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,852 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for fresa, with forms such as "fersa", "ffresa", and "freas". 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, "fría", "frey", "fuera", 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 fresa, spelled F-R-E-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Fragaria spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies e híbridos de plantas rastreras de la familia de las rosáceas, cultivadas por su fruto comestible. Son plantas perennes que producen brotes nuevos cada año; presentan una roseta basal de donde surgen las hojas y los tallos florales, a cuyo extremo aparecen las flores, de cinco pétalos blancos, cinco sépalos y numerosos estambres. De la roseta basal surgen también otro tipo de tallos rastreros que producen raíces adventicias de donde nacen otras plantas. El fruto es en realidad un eterio, un engrosamiento del receptáculo floral, siendo los puntitos que hay sobre él los auténticos frutos.
  2. 2
    Fruto de esta planta, un eterio carnoso de intenso color rosado y forma aproximadamente cónica, muy apreciado en gastronomía por su sabor dulce, ligeramente ácido e intenso aroma. Se consume crudo como fruta de postre y en numerosísimas preparaciones.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fersa,ffresa,freas,fressa,frresa,frsea,rfesa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fresa

Misspelling Variants of "fresa"

fersa5ffresa6freas5fressa6frresa6frsea5rfesa5
Misspelling Variants of "fresa"

Frequency rank: #14,852 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fresa"?
"fresa" is spelled F-R-E-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɾesa].
What does "fresa" mean?
As a noun, "fresa" means: (Fragaria spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies e híbridos de plantas rastreras de la familia de las rosáceas, cultivadas por su fruto comestible. Son plantas perennes que producen brotes nuevos cada...
What words are commonly confused with "fresa"?
"fresa" is commonly confused with "fría", "frey", "fuera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fresa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fresa" is [ˈfɾesa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fresa" come from?
"fresa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.