Which to use
“fraise” and “fraude” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,940
- “fraise” frequency rank
- #4,335
- “fraude” frequency rank
- 19275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fraise | fraude |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faux-fruit du fraisier, réceptacle charnu de forme ovoïde oblongue plus ou moins arrondie et de couleur rouge à maturité (les « fruits » véritables au sens botanique sont les akènes qui recouvrent la peau de la fraise). | Action faite de mauvaise foi au préjudice de quelqu’un. |
Where the eye mixes fraise and fraude
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: fraise vs fraude
A purely visual mix-up. fraise (\fʁɛz\) and fraude (\fʁod\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19275, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fraise is recorded at frequency rank #14,940, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁɛz\. fraude is at rank #4,335, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁod\.
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 19275, this pair ranks #374,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fraise vs fraude
Shared letters: aefr. Private to "fraise": is. Private to "fraude": du.
"fraise" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "fraude" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fraise" and "fraude" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fraise" or "fraude"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fraise" and "fraude" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fraise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fraude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fraise" and "fraude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fraise vs frises". 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 #374,063 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.