frade

Name: frade, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈfɾa.dɨ/

//ˈfɾa.dɨ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“frade” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,162
frequency rank, Portuguese: 853
“F” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - membro de uma ordem religiosa, em especial as ordens franciscanas, dominicanas, carmelitas e augustinianas; freire

Corpus desk

Index PT-frade · frade · Portuguese

frade · rank #30,162 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

FREQ-MID #30,162
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 853
PHOTO-FINISH formalidade

Nearest frequency peer: formalidade (-3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

extremista

69,853
famigerado

69,852
fiável

69,844
formalidade

69,842
frade

69,839
funil

69,834

What this shows “frade” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

frade vs free

60% similar

frade vs Frau

40% similar

frade vs frank

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for frade
Property	Value
Headword	frade
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈfɾa.dɨ/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#30,162
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	14
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “frade”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).fradecai aqui:

#30,162

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “formalidade” (#30,159), “fiável” (#30,157), “funil” (#30,167). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “frade” fica em #30,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around frade (IPA /ˈfɾa.dɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,162 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for frade, with forms such as "farde", "ffrade", and "fradde". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "free", "Frau", "frank", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is frade, spelled F-R-A-D-E.

Definition

1
membro de uma ordem religiosa, em especial as ordens franciscanas, dominicanas, carmelitas e augustinianas; freire
2
dois paus paralelos no sentido transversal do navio unidos entre si por uma ligação metálica constituindo um mastro duplo
3
parte da forma não imprime ou sai muito clara por não haver recebido tinta
4
grilo-toupeira
5
barata-do-arroz
6
percevejo-do-arroz
7
cogumelo, (Macrolepiota procera)
8
sargo-de-dente
9
paru

This word in other languages

friar(English)fraile(Español)frère(Français)Bruder(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

farde
ffrade
fradde
fraed
frdae
frrade
rfade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frade - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "frade"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frade"?

"frade" is spelled F-R-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɾa.dɨ/.

What does "frade" mean?

As a noun, "frade" means: membro de uma ordem religiosa, em especial as ordens franciscanas, dominicanas, carmelitas e augustinianas; freire

What words are commonly confused with "frade"?

"frade" is commonly confused with "free", "Frau", "frank". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "frade"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frade" is /ˈfɾa.dɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "frade" come from?

"frade" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "frade", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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