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“flete” and “frente” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,047
“flete” frequency rank
#319
“frente” frequency rank
35366
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature flete frente
Definition Precio del alquiler de un buque o de parte de este. Parte superior de la cara, comprendida entre una y otra sien, y desde encima de los ojos hasta que empieza la vuelta del cráneo.

Where the eye mixes flete and frente

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. flete runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against frente's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
flete
6 ch
frente

Look-alike desk: flete vs frente

A purely visual mix-up. flete ([ˈflet̪e]) and frente ([ˈfɾẽn̪t̪e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35366, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

flete is recorded at frequency rank #35,047, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈflet̪e]. frente is at rank #319, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfɾẽn̪t̪e].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 35366, this pair ranks #186,490 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of flete vs frente

Shared letters: eft. Private to "flete": l. Private to "frente": nr.

"flete" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "frente" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • flete ← felte · fflete · fleet · flette · fllete · fltee · lfete
  • frente ← fernte · ffrente · frenet · frennte · frentte · fretne · frnete · frrente

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "flete" and "frente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈflet̪e] versus [ˈfɾẽn̪t̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "flete" or "frente" show up more?
"frente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #319 in our Spanish list, against #35,047 for "flete". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "flete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "frente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,490 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "flete" and "frente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flete vs fuste". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #186,490 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list