fraude
French, noun
fraude is spelled F-R-A-U-D-E (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fraude is a French feminine noun meaning “fraud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of frauder. With an accent, fraudé is a different word: “past participle of frauder”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action faite de mauvaise foi au préjudice de quelqu’un”.
What does fraude mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefraud
fraude fiscale
- 2
femininecheating
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular present imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of frauder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action faite de mauvaise foi au préjudice de quelqu’un. 2. Action de soustraire des marchandises ou des denrées aux droits de douane, d’octroi, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fraude
- fraudes plural
- fraudée feminine
- fraudés masculine plural
- fraudées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fraude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fraude in French?
fraude appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).