affront
/əˈfɹʌnt/
"affront" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“affront” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #33,109 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #33,109
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To insult intentionally, especially openly.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | affront |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈfɹʌnt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “affront” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for affront is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈfɹʌnt/. Corpus data places it at rank #33,109 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for affront, with forms such as "affornt", "affrnot", and "affronnt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front). The correct English form is affront, spelled A-F-F-R-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1To insult intentionally, especially openly.
- 2To meet defiantly; to confront.
- 3To meet or encounter face to face.
Etymology
From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: affornt,affrnot,affronnt,affrontt,affrotn,affrront,afrfont,afront,fafront
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of affront - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “affront”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-F-F-R-O-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈfɹʌnt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.