fresco

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

/ˈfɾeʃ.ku/

//ˈfɾeʃ.ku// adj

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

The verdict

“fresco” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,657
frequency rank, Portuguese: 853
“F” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - moderadamente frio

Corpus desk

Index PT-fresco · fresco · Portuguese

fresco · rank #6,657 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #6,657
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 853
PHOTO-FINISH fumo

Nearest frequency peer: fumo (+1 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.

fachada

93,350
fresco

93,344
fumo

93,343
gaúcho

93,342
grama

93,339
inflação

93,337

What this shows “fresco” 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).

fresco vs fresh

67% similar

fresco vs friso

67% similar

fresco vs fraco

67% similar

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

Key facts for fresco
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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “fresco”

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

#6,657

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “fumo” (#6,658), “gaúcho” (#6,659), “grama” (#6,662). Entre 853 lemas com “F”, “fresco” fica em #6,657. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fresco (IPA /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,657 among 853 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
moderadamente frio
2
refrescado no frigorífico
3
que tem frescor
4
que não está estragado
5
não salgado
6
que chegou há pouco
7
bem arejado
8
úmido
9
inoportuno ou muito exigente em minúcias; difícil de se contentar
10
que se sensibiliza (se ofende, se melindra, se altera) facilmente
11
de comportamento malicioso ou obsceno, licencioso, sem-vergonha

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fresco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Não encosta que a tinta ainda está fresca.

This word in other languages

fresco(Español)

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.

Edit distance from "fresco"

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 "fresco"?

"fresco" is spelled F-R-E-S-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɾeʃ.ku/.

What does "fresco" mean?

As an adjective, "fresco" means: moderadamente frio

What words are commonly confused with "fresco"?

"fresco" is commonly confused with "fresh", "friso", "fraco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "fresco"?

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

What language does "fresco" come from?

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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