friega
[ˈfɾjeɣ̞a]
The verdict
“friega” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,768 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,768
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de fregar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-friega · friega · Spanish
friega · rank #67,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,768
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,759
- PHOTO-FINISH frunció
Nearest frequency peer: frunció (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “friega”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fomentamos
fomentamos
32,239 corpus weight
- fontaneros
fontaneros
32,238 corpus weight
- friega
friega
32,233 corpus weight
- frunció
frunció
32,232 corpus weight
- fumaban
fumaban
32,230 corpus weight
- fundarse
fundarse
32,228 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “friega” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | friega |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɾjeɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “friega” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
friega is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,768 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɾjeɣ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for friega in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is friega, spelled F-R-I-E-G-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de fregar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de fregar.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "friega", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.