frontage
/ˈfɹʌn.tɪd͡ʒ/noun
frontage is spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-G-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, frontage means “The front part of a property or building that faces the street” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of frontage is frontages.
How many letters and syllables are in frontage?
| Letters | 8: F-R-O-N-T-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is frontage?
Frontage appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce frontage?
- /ˈfɹʌn.tɪd͡ʒ/
Frontage has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-frontage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of frontage
- frontages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does frontage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The front part of a property or building that faces the street.
- 2
The land between a property and the street.
- 3
The length of a property along a street.
- 4
Property or territory adjacent to a body of water.
- 5
The front part generally.
- 6
informalA woman's breasts.
- 7
a front: a public and perhaps false face or façade to some hidden, covert reality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Frontage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the front part of a property:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Fassade |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does frontage come from?
From front + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).