# frontal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfɹʌn.təl/ · frequency rank #15,412

## Definitions
1. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
2. Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
3. Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.
4. Parallel to the main axis of the body and at right angles to the sagittal plane.
5. Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
6. Of or relating to a weather front.

## Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin frontālis, from frons (“the forehead, brow, front”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to front + -al; cognate of French frontal. Doublet of frontalis.

## Easily confused with
- **fronts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frontal-vs-fronts)
- **fronted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frontal-vs-fronted)
- **frontman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frontal-vs-frontman)
- **front** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/front-vs-frontal)
- **foetal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foetal-vs-frontal)
- **fractal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fractal-vs-frontal)
- **frontage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frontage-vs-frontal)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffrontal`, `forntal`, `frnotal`, `fronatl`, `fronntal`, `frontall`, `frontla`, `fronttal`, `frotnal`, `frrontal`, `rfontal`

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