frontal

/[fɾõn̪ˈt̪al]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,805

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

frontal is anSpanishadj. It means: Propio de o relativo al frente de una cosa. Pronounced [fɾõn̪ˈt̪al]. It ranks #8,805 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with frotar and frontón.

Key facts for frontal
PropertyValue
Headwordfrontal
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[fɾõn̪ˈt̪al]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,805
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of frontal in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for frontal is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɾõn̪ˈt̪al]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,805 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for frontal, with forms such as "ffrontal", "forntal", and "frnotal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "frotar", "frontón", "frontales", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is frontal, spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propio de o relativo al frente de una cosa.
  2. 2
    Propio de o relativo a la frente de una persona.
  3. 3
    Dicho de un movimiento o fuerza, directamente enfrentado a otro.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffrontal,forntal,frnotal,fronatl,fronntal,frontall,frontla,fronttal,frotnal,frrontal,rfontal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for frontal

Misspelling Variants of "frontal"

ffrontal8forntal7frnotal7fronatl7fronntal8frontall8frontla7fronttal8
Misspelling Variants of "frontal"

Frequency rank: #8,805 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frontal"?
"frontal" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [fɾõn̪ˈt̪al].
What does "frontal" mean?
As an adj, "frontal" means: Propio de o relativo al frente de una cosa.
What words are commonly confused with "frontal"?
"frontal" is commonly confused with "frotar", "frontón", "frontales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frontal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frontal" is [fɾõn̪ˈt̪al]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frontal" come from?
"frontal" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.