fraisesvsfraudesTell them apart

Which to use

“fraises” and “fraudes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,579
“fraises” frequency rank
#13,390
“fraudes” frequency rank
25969
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fraises fraudes
Definition Pluriel de fraise. Pluriel de fraude.

Where the eye mixes fraises and fraudes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fraises and fraudes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
fraises
7 ch
fraudes

Look-alike desk: fraises vs fraudes

A purely visual mix-up. fraises (\fʁɛz\) and fraudes (\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 25969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fraises is recorded at frequency rank #12,579, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁɛz\. fraudes is at rank #13,390, 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 25969, this pair ranks #337,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fraises vs fraudes

Shared letters: aefrs. Private to "fraises": i. Private to "fraudes": du.

"fraises" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC  ·  "fraudes" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fraisesfarises · ffraises · fraiess · fraisess · fraisses · frasies · friases · frraises
  • fraudesfarudes · ffraudes · fradues · frauddes · fraudess · fraudse · fraueds · frraudes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fraises" and "fraudes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\fʁɛz\ versus \fʁod\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fraises" vs "fraudes" - which ranks higher?
"fraises" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,579 in our French list, against #13,390 for "fraudes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "fraises" and "fraudes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fraises" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fraudes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #337,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fraises" and "fraudes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fraises 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 #337,827 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list