frontrunner
noun
frontrunner is a noun meaning “Alternative form of front runner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-O-N-T-R-U-N-N-E-R and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of frontrunner is frontrunners.
What does frontrunner mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative form of front runner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce frontrunner?
Frontrunner has 3 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).
Forms of frontrunner
- frontrunners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is frontrunner?
Frontrunner appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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).
Words people confuse with frontrunner
Also written: front-runner (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does frontrunner come from?
From front + runner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).