fretevsfrutaWhich spelling fits?

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“frete” and “fruta” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,685
“frete” frequency rank
#6,424
“fruta” frequency rank
19109
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature frete fruta
Definition aluguel de embarcação alimento encontrado na natureza

Letter map: frete vs fruta

Shared letters muted; letters that set frete and fruta apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
frete
5 ch
fruta

Spelling & dictionary notes on frete vs fruta

frete and fruta are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19109, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

frete is recorded at frequency rank #12,685, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɾɛ.tɨ/. fruta is at rank #6,424, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 19109, this pair ranks #51,714 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of frete vs fruta

Shared letters: frt. Private to "frete": e. Private to "fruta": au.

"frete" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "fruta" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • freteferte · ffrete · freet · frette · frrete · frtee · rfete
  • frutaffruta · frruta · frtua · fruat · frutta · furta · rfuta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "frete" for "fruta" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "frete" or "fruta"?
"fruta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,424 in our Portuguese list, against #12,685 for "frete". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "frete" and "fruta". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "frete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fruta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,714 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "frete" and "fruta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finta vs fruta". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #51,714 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list