Westfront

[ˈvɛstˌfʁɔnt]

/[ˈvɛstˌfʁɔnt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Westfront” is uncommon German (frequency #51,030 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,030
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Front, die im Westen eines Gebietes verläuft

Corpus desk

Index DE-westfront · Westfront · German

Westfront · rank #51,030 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,030
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Werkstücke

Nearest frequency peer: Werkstücke (-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 „Westfront“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Westfront
PropertyValue
HeadwordWestfront
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɛstˌfʁɔnt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,030
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Westfront“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Werkstücke“ (#51,029), „westliches“ (#51,031), „Werkstoffen“ (#51,028). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Westfront“ bei #51,030. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Westfront is uncommon German at frequency #51,030 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛstˌfʁɔnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Westfront, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Westfront, spelled W-E-S-T-F-R-O-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Front, die im Westen eines Gebietes verläuft
  2. 2
    westliche Seite eines Gebäudes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Westfront appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Hunderttausende Gefallene liegen entlang der Westfront in hunderten von Soldatenfriedhöfen oder bis heute unentdeckt in der zerwühlten und nur mühsam rekultivierten Erde.“
  2. „Allein an der Westfront forderte der Gaskrieg etwa 20 000 Tote und 500 000 Verwundete.“

Antonyms

NordfrontOstfrontSüdfront

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 "Westfront"?
"Westfront" is spelled W-E-S-T-F-R-O-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛstˌfʁɔnt].
What does "Westfront" mean?
As a noun, "Westfront" means: Front, die im Westen eines Gebietes verläuft
How do you pronounce "Westfront"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Westfront" is [ˈvɛstˌfʁɔnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Westfront" come from?
"Westfront" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wuchtigen#51,038Zuführung#51,053verwüsten#50,994Abklatsch#51,081

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list