frontale

[fʁɔnˈtaːlə]

/[fʁɔnˈtaːlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“frontale” is uncommon German (frequency #81,556 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,556
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal

Corpus desk

Index DE-frontale · frontale · German

frontale · rank #81,556 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,556
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Freystadt

Nearest frequency peer: Freystadt (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „frontale“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „frontale“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frontale
PropertyValue
Headwordfrontale
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fʁɔnˈtaːlə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,556
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „frontale“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.frontalefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Freystadt“ (#81,555), „Frühbucher“ (#81,557), „Freiburgs“ (#81,554). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „frontale“ bei #81,556. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frontale is uncommon German at frequency #81,556 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fʁɔnˈtaːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

frontale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is frontale, spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frontale"?
"frontale" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fʁɔnˈtaːlə].
What does "frontale" mean?
As an adjective, "frontale" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal
How do you pronounce "frontale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frontale" is [fʁɔnˈtaːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frontale" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "frontale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Frühchen#81,558Funkloch#81,562Gasgrill#81,570fahrbare#81,526

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list