fresca

//ˈfɾeʃ.kɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,343

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

fresca is aPortuguesenoun. It means: aragem agradável que sopra ao cair da tarde em alguns dias quentes Pronounced /ˈfɾeʃ.kɐ/. It ranks #9,343 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with fusca and fresh.

Key facts for fresca
PropertyValue
Headwordfresca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfɾeʃ.kɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,343
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fresca is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɾeʃ.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,343 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for fresca, with forms such as "fersca", "ffresca", and "frecsa". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "fusca", "fresh", "frisa", 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 fresca, spelled F-R-E-S-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aragem agradável que sopra ao cair da tarde em alguns dias quentes
  2. 2
    fresquidão

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fersca,ffresca,frecsa,fresac,frescca,fressca,frresca,frseca,rfesca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fresca

Misspelling Variants of "fresca"

fersca6ffresca7frecsa6fresac6frescca7fressca7frresca7frseca6
Misspelling Variants of "fresca"

Frequency rank: #9,343 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fresca"?
"fresca" is spelled F-R-E-S-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɾeʃ.kɐ/.
What does "fresca" mean?
As a noun, "fresca" means: aragem agradável que sopra ao cair da tarde em alguns dias quentes
What words are commonly confused with "fresca"?
"fresca" is commonly confused with "fusca", "fresh", "frisa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fresca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fresca" is /ˈfɾeʃ.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fresca" come from?
"fresca" 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.