frizz

noun

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The verdict

“frizz” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,226 among 1,704 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,226
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,704
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ver frisado

Key facts for frizz
PropertyValue
Headwordfrizz
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#88,226
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “frizz” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). frizz lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frizz is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,226 among 1,704 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ver frisado".

Zero misspellings are on record for frizz in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is frizz, spelled F-R-I-Z-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    ver frisado

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 "frizz"?
"frizz" is spelled F-R-I-Z-Z.
What does "frizz" mean?
As a noun, "frizz" means: ver frisado
What language does "frizz" come from?
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Using “frizz”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-R-I-Z-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list