frote
[ˈfɾot̪e]
The verdict
“frote” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,797 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,797
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de frotar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-frote · frote · Spanish
frote · rank #85,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,797
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH frigoríficas
Nearest frequency peer: frigoríficas (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “frote”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fotografiad…
fotografiadas
14,208 corpus weight
- fragmentar
fragmentar
14,207 corpus weight
- frecuentaban
frecuentaban
14,206 corpus weight
- frigoríficas
frigoríficas
14,205 corpus weight
- frote
frote
14,204 corpus weight
- frívolos
frívolos
14,202 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “frote” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɾot̪e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “frote” en español
Rare enough to double-check
frote is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,797 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɾot̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for frote in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is frote, spelled F-R-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de frotar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de frotar.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de frotar.
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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