fruta
[ˈfɾut̪a]
The verdict
“fruta” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,902 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,902
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruto comestible de algunas plantas, en especial si es dulce, utilizado como alimento o como ingrediente para preparar alimentos.
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 | fruta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɾut̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fruta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fruta is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɾut̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,902 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Fruto comestible de algunas plantas, en especial si es dulce, utilizado como alimento o como ingrediente para preparar alimentos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for fruta, with forms such as "ffruta", "frruta", and "frtua". 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, "fut", "fua", "fuga", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is fruta, spelled F-R-U-T-A.
Definition
- 1Fruto comestible de algunas plantas, en especial si es dulce, utilizado como alimento o como ingrediente para preparar alimentos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffruta,frruta,frtua,fruat,frutta,furta,rfuta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fruta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “fruta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-R-U-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɾut̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fut” - see the side-by-side comparison. fruta vs fut
- 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.