frito
[ˈfɾit̪o]
The verdict
“frito” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #13,252 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #13,252
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que ha sido cocinado en aceite hirviendo, manteca o grasa muy caliente.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfɾit̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “frito” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for frito is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɾit̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,252 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for frito, with forms such as "ffrito", "firto", and "friot". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fruto", "fruta", "fruit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is frito, spelled F-R-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Que ha sido cocinado en aceite hirviendo, manteca o grasa muy caliente.
- 2Que ha caído en un sueño profundo.
- 3Muy molesto.
- 4Que ha quedado muy complicado o en pésimo estado.
- 5Que ha quedado muerto.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffrito,firto,friot,fritto,frrito,frtio,rfito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frito - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “frito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-R-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɾit̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fruto” - see the side-by-side comparison. frito vs fruto
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.