# Fontaine

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #29,278

## Definitions
1. A surname from French.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French Fontaine. Doublet of Fontana.

## Easily confused with
- **Fontana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fontaine-vs-fontana)
- **fountain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fontaine-vs-fountain)
- **frontline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fontaine-vs-frontline)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffontaine`, `fnotaine`, `fonatine`, `fonntaine`, `fontaien`, `fontainne`, `fontanie`, `fontiane`, `fonttaine`, `fotnaine`, `ofntaine`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fontaine