Defrad or Defraud: How To spell?

The word Defrad is misspelled against Defraud, meaning "To deprive of something dishonestly."

Word contains consecutive vowels 'AU' in between alphabets defr & d is misspelled as 'A' as letter 'U' is phonetically ignored
Wrong Spelling:  defr-a-d 
Correct Spelling:  defr-au-d 
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