Fontanel
\fɔ̃.ta.nɛl\
The verdict
“Fontanel” is uncommon French (frequency #95,918 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,918
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fontanel · Fontanel · French
Fontanel · rank #95,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,918
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH footage
Nearest frequency peer: footage (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Fontanel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fluet
fluet
4,087 corpus weight
- fléchée
fléchée
4,085 corpus weight
- Fontanel
Fontanel
4,083 corpus weight
- footage
footage
4,082 corpus weight
- formalisées
formalisées
4,081 corpus weight
- formosa
formosa
4,080 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Fontanel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fontanel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fɔ̃.ta.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Fontanel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Fontanel is uncommon French at frequency #95,918 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fɔ̃.ta.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Fontanel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Fontanel, spelled F-O-N-T-A-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fontanel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Il y a plus de complexité à rénover une ligne qu’à en créer une », appuie Vincent Fontanel, directeur de l’unité Rail Infrastructure chez Siemens Mobility.
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.
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