frontera

/[fɾõn̪ˈt̪eɾa]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,576

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

frontera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Confín de un Estado. Pronounced [fɾõn̪ˈt̪eɾa]. It ranks #1,576 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with frontier and fronteras.

Key facts for frontera
PropertyValue
Headwordfrontera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɾõn̪ˈt̪eɾa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,576
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for frontera is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɾõn̪ˈt̪eɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,576 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for frontera, with forms such as "ffrontera", "forntera", and "frnotera". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "frontier", "fronteras", "fronteriza", 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 frontera, spelled F-R-O-N-T-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confín de un Estado.
  2. 2
    Fachada.
  3. 3
    Cada una de las fajas o fuerzas que se ponen en el serón por la parte de abajo para su mayor firmeza.
  4. 4
    Tablero fortificado con barrotes que sirve para sostener los tapiales que forman el molde de la tapia cuando se llega con ella a las esquinas o vanos.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffrontera,forntera,frnotera,fronetra,fronntera,frontear,fronterra,frontrea,fronttera,frotnera,frrontera,rfontera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for frontera

Misspelling Variants of "frontera"

ffrontera9forntera8frnotera8fronetra8fronntera9frontear8fronterra9frontrea8
Misspelling Variants of "frontera"

Frequency rank: #1,576 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frontera"?
"frontera" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [fɾõn̪ˈt̪eɾa].
What does "frontera" mean?
As a noun, "frontera" means: Confín de un Estado.
What words are commonly confused with "frontera"?
"frontera" is commonly confused with "frontier", "fronteras", "fronteriza". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frontera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frontera" is [fɾõn̪ˈt̪eɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frontera" come from?
"frontera" 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.