frontera

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The verdict

“frontera” is uncommon German (frequency #90,280 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,280
frequency rank, German
45,736
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Grenze, die Landesgrenze

Key facts for frontera
PropertyValue
Headwordfrontera
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#90,280
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “frontera” 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). frontera 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

frontera is uncommon German at frequency #90,280 among 45,736 “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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Using “frontera”

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

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