fraude

//ˈfɾaw.d͡ʒi/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒi]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,008

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

fraude is aPortuguesenoun. It means: tipo penal que consiste em obter dinheiro, bens ou vantagem por meio de artifícios e enganação Pronounced /ˈfɾaw.d͡ʒi/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒi]. It ranks #5,008 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with Frau and frade.

Key facts for fraude
PropertyValue
Headwordfraude
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfɾaw.d͡ʒi/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒi]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,008
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fraude is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɾaw.d͡ʒi/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒi]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,008 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for fraude, with forms such as "farude", "ffraude", and "fradue". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Frau", "frade", "France", 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 fraude, spelled F-R-A-U-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    tipo penal que consiste em obter dinheiro, bens ou vantagem por meio de artifícios e enganação
  2. 2
    todo engano ou falsificação cometido em prejuízo alheio
  3. 3
    importação de bens legalmente proibidos ou sem pagamento das taxas aduaneiras
  4. 4
    falsificação de algo
  5. 5
    indivíduo ou coisa que passa por ser o que não é

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: farude,ffraude,fradue,fraudde,fraued,frraude,fruade,rfaude

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fraude

Misspelling Variants of "fraude"

farude6ffraude7fradue6fraudde7fraued6frraude7fruade6rfaude6
Misspelling Variants of "fraude"

Frequency rank: #5,008 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fraude"?
"fraude" is spelled F-R-A-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɾaw.d͡ʒi/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒi].
What does "fraude" mean?
As a noun, "fraude" means: tipo penal que consiste em obter dinheiro, bens ou vantagem por meio de artifícios e enganação
What words are commonly confused with "fraude"?
"fraude" is commonly confused with "Frau", "frade", "France". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fraude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fraude" is /ˈfɾaw.d͡ʒi/ [ˈfɾaʊ̯.d͡ʒi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fraude" come from?
"fraude" 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

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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.