Fontana
"fontana" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Fontana” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #31,992 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #31,992
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from the Romance languages.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fontana |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Fontana” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Fontana is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #31,992 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fontana, with forms such as "ffontana", "fnotana", and "fonatna". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fondant", "Fontaine", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana. The correct English form is Fontana, spelled F-O-N-T-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from the Romance languages.
- 2A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- 3A minor city in Miami County, Kansas, United States, named for a spring.
- 4A city in Chaco province, Argentina; derived from the surname.
- 5A village and local council of the Gozo Region, Malta.
- 6A neighbourhood of Belgrade, Serbia.
Etymology
From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffontana,fnotana,fonatna,fonntana,fontaan,fontanna,fontnaa,fonttana,fotnana,ofntana
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fontana - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Fontana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-N-T-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “fondant” - see the side-by-side comparison. Fontana vs fondant
- 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.