Which to use
“fraude” and “fraudes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,335
- “fraude” frequency rank
- #13,390
- “fraudes” frequency rank
- 17725
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fraude | fraudes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action faite de mauvaise foi au préjudice de quelqu’un. | Pluriel de fraude. |
Same sound, different letters: fraude vs fraudes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. fraude runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against fraudes's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - fraude / fraudes
This is the hard kind. fraude and fraudes are pronounced identically (\fʁod\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “fraude” sits inside “fraudes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fraude is recorded at frequency rank #4,335, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁod\. 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 17725, this pair ranks #381,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fraude vs fraudes
Shared letters: adefru. Private to "fraude": -. Private to "fraudes": s.
"fraude" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "fraudes" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fraude" for "fraudes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fraude" vs "fraudes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"fraude" and "fraudes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fraude" 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 #381,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fraude" and "fraudes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fraudes vs fraudeur". 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 #381,772 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.