frente
\ˈfɾen.te\
The verdict
“frente” is uncommon French (frequency #79,333 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,333
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Front.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frente · frente · French
frente · rank #79,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,333
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH freedman
Nearest frequency peer: freedman (-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 « frente »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fragmente
fragmente
20,671 corpus weight
- fraisiers
fraisiers
20,670 corpus weight
- freedman
freedman
20,669 corpus weight
- frente
frente
20,668 corpus weight
- friqués
friqués
20,667 corpus weight
- fromm
fromm
20,665 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « frente » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frente |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfɾen.te\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frente » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frente is uncommon French at frequency #79,333 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfɾen.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
frente doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is frente, spelled F-R-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Front.
- 2Front.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how frente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Súbitamente, incluso antes de entrar en el frente cálido, el Boeing se queda sin sustentación y cae en picado. A pesar del aislamiento acústico de la cabina de mando, Markle y Favereaux creen oír los gritos de los pasajeros.
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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