fraco

//ˈfɾa.ku// adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,401

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

fraco is anPortugueseadj. It means: sem força Pronounced /ˈfɾa.ku/. It ranks #3,401 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with frio and Frau.

Key facts for fraco
PropertyValue
Headwordfraco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈfɾa.ku/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,401
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fraco in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fraco is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɾa.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,401 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for fraco, with forms such as "farco", "ffraco", and "fracco". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "frio", "Frau", "frank", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is fraco, spelled F-R-A-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sem força
  2. 2
    delicado, débil, franzino
  3. 3
    insignificante
  4. 4
    não intenso, não profundo
  5. 5
    com carga elétrica em nível baixo (pilha, bateria etc)
  6. 6
    sem moral, sem firmeza, sem determinação, sem persistência, sem vontade

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: farco,ffraco,fracco,fraoc,frcao,frraco,rfaco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fraco

Misspelling Variants of "fraco"

farco5ffraco6fracco6fraoc5frcao5frraco6rfaco5
Misspelling Variants of "fraco"

Frequency rank: #3,401 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fraco"?
"fraco" is spelled F-R-A-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɾa.ku/.
What does "fraco" mean?
As an adj, "fraco" means: sem força
What words are commonly confused with "fraco"?
"fraco" is commonly confused with "frio", "Frau", "frank". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fraco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fraco" is /ˈfɾa.ku/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fraco" come from?
"fraco" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.