frontale

[fʁɔnˈtaːlə]

/[fʁɔnˈtaːlə]/ adj

The verdict

“frontale” is uncommon German (frequency #81,556 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,556
frequency rank, German
45,736
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs frontal

Key facts for frontale
PropertyValue
Headwordfrontale
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fʁɔnˈtaːlə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,556
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “frontale” sits in German 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). frontale lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frontale is uncommon German at frequency #81,556 among 45,736 “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?
"frontale" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “frontale”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is F-R-O-N-T-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [fʁɔnˈtaːlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list