Frontfrau

/[ˈfʁɔntˌfʁaʊ̯]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#75,660

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Frontfrau is aGermannoun. It means: weibliches Mitglied einer Band, das bei öffentlichen Auftritten eine herausragende Position einnimmt und meist identisch mit der Leadsängerin ist Pronounced [ˈfʁɔntˌfʁaʊ̯].

Key facts for Frontfrau
PropertyValue
HeadwordFrontfrau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfʁɔntˌfʁaʊ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,660
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Frontfrau is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfʁɔntˌfʁaʊ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,660 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weibliches Mitglied einer Band, das bei öffentlichen Auftritten eine herausragende Position einnimmt und meist identisch mit der Leadsängerin ist".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Frontfrau in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Frontfrau, spelled F-R-O-N-T-F-R-A-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliches Mitglied einer Band, das bei öffentlichen Auftritten eine herausragende Position einnimmt und meist identisch mit der Leadsängerin ist

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #75,660 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Frontfrau"?
"Frontfrau" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-F-R-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfʁɔntˌfʁaʊ̯].
What does "Frontfrau" mean?
As a noun, "Frontfrau" means: weibliches Mitglied einer Band, das bei öffentlichen Auftritten eine herausragende Position einnimmt und meist identisch mit der Leadsängerin ist
How do you pronounce "Frontfrau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Frontfrau" is [ˈfʁɔntˌfʁaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Frontfrau" come from?
"Frontfrau" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.