fraude

\fʁod\

/\fʁod\/ noun

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The verdict

“fraude” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,335. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,335
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action faite de mauvaise foi au préjudice de quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fraude · fraude · French

fraude · rank #4,335 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,335
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH formidable

Nearest frequency peer: formidable (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fraude »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fraude » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fraude vs Freud
50% similar
fraude vs froide
67% similar
fraude vs fronde
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fraude
PropertyValue
Headwordfraude
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁod\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,335
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fraude »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fraudese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « formidable » (#4,334), « fumer » (#4,336), « forfait » (#4,333). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fraude » est au #4,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around fraude (IPA \fʁod\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,335 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for fraude, with forms such as "farude", "ffraude", and "fradue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Freud", "froide", "fronde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fraude, spelled F-R-A-U-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action faite de mauvaise foi au préjudice de quelqu’un.
  2. 2
    Action de soustraire des marchandises ou des denrées aux droits de douane, d’octroi, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fraude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le régime antérieur avait été encore plus terrible dans la répression des fraudes, puisque la déclaration royale du 5 août 1725 punissait de mort le banqueroutier frauduleux; […].
  2. Fraude électorale.

This word in other languages

deceit(English)estraperlo(Español)Betrug(Deutsch)engano(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • farude
  • ffraude
  • fradue
  • fraudde
  • fraued
  • frraude
  • fruade
  • rfaude

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fraude - 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.

farude2ffraude1fradue2fraudde1fraued2frraude1fruade2rfaude2
Edit distance from "fraude"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fraude"?
"fraude" is spelled F-R-A-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁod\.
What does "fraude" mean?
As a noun, "fraude" means: Action faite de mauvaise foi au préjudice de quelqu’un.
What words are commonly confused with "fraude"?
"fraude" is commonly confused with "Freud", "froide", "fronde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fraude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fraude" is \fʁod\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fraude" come from?
"fraude" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fraude", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

donnera8 variantsNancy8 variantspoulet8 variantsurbain8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list