frick
/fɹɪk/
The verdict
“frick” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,175 among 1,704 “F” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,175
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,704
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - forma eufêmica / atenuada de, e o mesmo que fuck
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frick |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /fɹɪk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “frick” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
frick is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,175 among 1,704 “F” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /fɹɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "forma eufêmica / atenuada de, e o mesmo que fuck".
No generated misspelling entries exist for frick in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is frick, spelled F-R-I-C-K.
Definition
- 1forma eufêmica / atenuada de, e o mesmo que fuck
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 “frick”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-R-I-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɹɪk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.