font baptismal
\fɔ̃.ba.tis.mal\
The verdict
“font baptismal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forme moins courante de fonts baptismaux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | font baptismal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ̃.ba.tis.mal\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “font baptismal” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
font baptismal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ̃.ba.tis.mal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme moins courante de fonts baptismaux.".
Zero misspellings are on record for font baptismal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is font baptismal, spelled F-O-N-T- -B-A-P-T-I-S-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1Forme moins courante de fonts baptismaux.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-N-T- -B-A-P-T-I-S-M-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.