fresco
/ˈfɾeʃ.ku/
The verdict
“fresco” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,657 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #6,657
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - moderadamente frio
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fresco |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fresco” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fresco is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,657 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fresco, with forms such as "fersco", "ffresco", and "frecso". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "fresh", "friso", "fraco", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fresco, spelled F-R-E-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1moderadamente frio
- 2refrescado no frigorífico
- 3que tem frescor
- 4que não está estragado
- 5não salgado
- 6que chegou há pouco
- 7bem arejado
- 8úmido
- 9inoportuno ou muito exigente em minúcias; difícil de se contentar
- 10que se sensibiliza (se ofende, se melindra, se altera) facilmente
- 11de comportamento malicioso ou obsceno, licencioso, sem-vergonha
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fersco,ffresco,frecso,frescco,fresoc,fressco,frresco,frseco,rfesco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fresco - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “fresco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-R-E-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fresh” - see the side-by-side comparison. fresco vs fresh
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.