front

/[fʁoːnt]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,375

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

front is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fronen Pronounced [fʁoːnt]. It ranks #3,375 in German word frequency. Often confused with Frost and Frust.

Key facts for front
PropertyValue
Headwordfront
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fʁoːnt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,375
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of front in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for front is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fʁoːnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,375 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for front, with forms such as "ffront", "fornt", and "frnot". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Frost", "Frust", "fruit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is front, spelled F-R-O-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fronen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fronen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fronen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffront,fornt,frnot,fronnt,frontt,frotn,frront,rfont

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for front

Misspelling Variants of "front"

ffront6fornt5frnot5fronnt6frontt6frotn5frront6rfont5
Misspelling Variants of "front"

Frequency rank: #3,375 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "front"?
"front" is spelled F-R-O-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fʁoːnt].
What does "front" mean?
As a verb, "front" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fronen
What words are commonly confused with "front"?
"front" is commonly confused with "Frost", "Frust", "fruit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "front"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "front" is [fʁoːnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "front" come from?
"front" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.