frontera

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The verdict

“frontera” is uncommon German (frequency #90,280 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,280
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Grenze, die Landesgrenze

Corpus desk

Index DE-frontera · frontera · German

frontera · rank #90,280 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,280
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Frontalunterr…

Nearest frequency peer: Frontalunterricht (-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 „frontera“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frontera
PropertyValue
Headwordfrontera
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#90,280
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „frontera“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).fronterafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Frontalunterricht“ (#90,279), „fruchtet“ (#90,281), „Fristverlängerung“ (#90,278). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „frontera“ bei #90,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frontera is uncommon German at frequency #90,280 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Grenze, die Landesgrenze".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for frontera, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 frontera, spelled F-R-O-N-T-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Grenze, die Landesgrenze

Synonyms

límit

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 "frontera"?
"frontera" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "frontera" mean?
As a noun, "frontera" means: die Grenze, die Landesgrenze
How do you pronounce "frontera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frontera" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frontera" come from?
"frontera" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fruchtet#90,281Fuchsbau#90,282Franzens#90,267flutscht#90,260

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list