fresco

/[ˈfɾesko]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,712

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

fresco is anSpanishadj. It means: De factura o producción muy reciente. Pronounced [ˈfɾesko]. It ranks #4,712 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with fresh and friso.

Key facts for fresco
PropertyValue
Headwordfresco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈfɾesko]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,712
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for fresco is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɾesko]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,712 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for fresco, with forms such as "fersco", "ffresco", and "frecso". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "fresh", "friso", "Fresno", 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 fresco, spelled F-R-E-S-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De factura o producción muy reciente.
  2. 2
    Dicho de un alimento, en buen estado de conservación.
  3. 3
    Dicho de un alimento, que no ha sido sometido a ningún tratamiento de conservación, como el salado o la congelación, o simplemente no procesado.
  4. 4
    Dicho de una persona, en buen estado de salud y descanso.
  5. 5
    Dicho de una sustancia viscosa, que aún no ha acabado de secarse.
  6. 6
    De temperatura ligeramente y agradablemente fría.
  7. 7
    Dicho de una tela o prenda, que ayuda a disipar el calor rápidamente y mantener fresco₆ el cuerpo.
  8. 8
    Dicho de una persona, que no muestra vergüenza por cometer acciones que se reputan inmorales, en especial las relativas al pudor.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fersco,ffresco,frecso,frescco,fresoc,fressco,frresco,frseco,rfesco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fresco

Misspelling Variants of "fresco"

fersco6ffresco7frecso6frescco7fresoc6fressco7frresco7frseco6
Misspelling Variants of "fresco"

Frequency rank: #4,712 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fresco"?
"fresco" is spelled F-R-E-S-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɾesko].
What does "fresco" mean?
As an adj, "fresco" means: De factura o producción muy reciente.
What words are commonly confused with "fresco"?
"fresco" is commonly confused with "fresh", "friso", "Fresno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fresco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fresco" is [ˈfɾesko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fresco" come from?
"fresco" 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.