fontana

noun

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The verdict

“fontana” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,098
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Source, fontaine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fontana · fontana · French

fontana · rank #34,098 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,098
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH formons

Nearest frequency peer: formons (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « fontana »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « fontana » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

fontana vs Fontenay
63% similar
fontana vs Fofana
57% similar
fontana vs fondant
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for fontana
PropertyValue
Headwordfontana
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,098
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fontana »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fontanase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « formons » (#34,099), « finirai » (#34,096), « frémir » (#34,100). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fontana » est au #34,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around fontana, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,098 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Source, fontaine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fontana, with forms such as "ffontana", "fnotana", and "fonatna". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Fontenay", "Fofana", "fondant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fontana, spelled F-O-N-T-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Source, fontaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quan lo rius de la fontana S'esclarzis, si cum far sol, E par la flors aiglentina, El rossinholetz el ram Volf e refranh ez aplana Son dous chantar et afina, Dreitz es qu'ieu lo mieu refranba.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffontana
  • fnotana
  • fonatna
  • fonntana
  • fontaan
  • fontanna
  • fontnaa
  • fonttana
  • fotnana
  • ofntana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fontana - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ffontana1fnotana2fonatna2fonntana1fontaan2fontanna1fontnaa2fonttana1
Edit distance from "fontana"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fontana"?
"fontana" is spelled F-O-N-T-A-N-A.
What does "fontana" mean?
As a noun, "fontana" means: Source, fontaine.
What words are commonly confused with "fontana"?
"fontana" is commonly confused with "Fontenay", "Fofana", "fondant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "fontana" come from?
"fontana" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

formons#34,099finirai#34,096ferrare#34,094Everett#34,090

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

frémir10 variantsgirouette10 variantsessayerai10 variantsemparée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list