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

#13,390
“fraudes” frequency rank
#39,306
“fraudeur” frequency rank
52696
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fraudes fraudeur
Definition Pluriel de fraude. Celui qui fraude.

Where the eye mixes fraudes and fraudeur

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
fraudes
8 ch
fraudeur

Look-alike desk: fraudes vs fraudeur

A purely visual mix-up. fraudes (\fʁod\) and fraudeur (\fʁo.dœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fraudes is recorded at frequency rank #13,390, classified as anoun, pronounced \fʁod\. fraudeur is at rank #39,306, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁo.dœʁ\.

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 52696, this pair ranks #145,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fraudes vs fraudeur

Shared letters: adefru. Private to "fraudes": s. Private to "fraudeur": -.

"fraudes" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC  ·  "fraudeur" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fraudesfarudes · ffraudes · fradues · frauddes · fraudess · fraudse · fraueds · frraudes
  • fraudeurfarudeur · ffraudeur · fradueur · frauddeur · frauderu · fraudeurr · frauduer · frauedur

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fraudes" and "fraudeur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\fʁod\ versus \fʁo.dœʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "fraudes" or "fraudeur"?
"fraudes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,390 in our French list, against #39,306 for "fraudeur". 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 "fraudes" and "fraudeur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fraudes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fraudeur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #145,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fraudes" and "fraudeur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fraudeur vs frondeur". 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 #145,903 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