# Fontana

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,992

## Definitions
1. A surname from the Romance languages.
2. A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
3. A minor city in Miami County, Kansas, United States, named for a spring.
4. A city in Chaco province, Argentina; derived from the surname.
5. A village and local council of the Gozo Region, Malta.
6. A neighbourhood of Belgrade, Serbia.

## Etymology
From Romance. From Vulgar Latin fontana.

## Easily confused with
- **fondant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fondant-vs-fontana)
- **Fontaine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fontaine-vs-fontana)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ffontana`, `fnotana`, `fonatna`, `fonntana`, `fontaan`, `fontanna`, `fontnaa`, `fonttana`, `fotnana`, `ofntana`

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