front
/fɹʌnt/
"front" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“front” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #529. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #529
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
Corpus desk
Index EN-front · front · English
front · rank #529 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #529
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH former
Nearest frequency peer: former (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “front”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- education
education
99,475 corpus weight
- final
final
99,474 corpus weight
- former
former
99,473 corpus weight
- front
front
99,472 corpus weight
- kids
kids
99,471 corpus weight
- list
list
99,470 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “front” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | front |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɹʌnt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #529 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “front” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around front (IPA /fɹʌnt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #529 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 20 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for front, with forms such as "ffront", "fornt", and "frnot". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fruit", "frost", "froze", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons. The correct English form is front, spelled F-R-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- 2The side of a building with the main entrance.
- 3A field of activity.
- 4A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
- 5The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
- 6An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
- 7The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
- 8The direction of the enemy.
- 9When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
- 10A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
- 11Cheek; boldness; impudence.
- 12A woman's breast.
- 13An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
- 14That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
- 15The most conspicuous part.
- 16The beginning.
- 17A seafront or coastal promenade.
- 18The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
- 19The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.
- 20A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how front appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.
Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
Etymology
From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffront
- fornt
- frnot
- fronnt
- frontt
- frotn
- frront
- rfont
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of front - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "front". Here's where to go from here.
- "front" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fruit". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #529 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
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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.