frontpage

noun

"frontpage" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“frontpage” is uncommon English (frequency #57,396 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,396
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of front page.

Corpus desk

Index EN-frontpage · frontpage · English

frontpage · rank #57,396 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,396
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fron

Nearest frequency peer: Fron (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “frontpage”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “frontpage” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frontpage
PropertyValue
Headwordfrontpage
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,396
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “frontpage” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).frontpagefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Fron” (#57,395), “frum” (#57,397), “freemason” (#57,394). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “frontpage” is #57,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frontpage is uncommon English at frequency #57,396 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of front page.".

No misspelling variants are generated for frontpage in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is frontpage, spelled F-R-O-N-T-P-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of front page.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how frontpage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Each frontpage of the Chronicle of Current Events featured Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, guaranteeing freedom of opinion and expression; the frontpage of the samizdat journal of the labor activists in Gdańsk, The Worker of the Coast, featured articles 2 and 3 of the International Labor Organization's convention no. 87, guarantee…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frontpage"?
"frontpage" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-P-A-G-E.
What does "frontpage" mean?
As a noun, "frontpage" means: Alternative spelling of front page.
What language does "frontpage" come from?
"frontpage" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "frontpage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list