fronde

\fʁɔ̃d\

/\fʁɔ̃d\/ noun

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The verdict

“fronde” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,491
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arme de trait individuelle composée d'une poche et de deux lanières.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fronde · fronde · French

fronde · rank #18,491 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,491
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fritz

Nearest frequency peer: fritz (-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 « fronde »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fronde » 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).

fronde vs front
67% similar
fronde vs fronts
67% similar
fronde vs frotte
67% similar

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

Key facts for fronde
PropertyValue
Headwordfronde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁɔ̃d\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,491
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fronde »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).frondese 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 « fritz » (#18,490), « funk » (#18,492), « frisson » (#18,489). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fronde » est au #18,491. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fronde (IPA \fʁɔ̃d\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,491 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fronde, with forms such as "ffronde", "fornde", and "frnode". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "front", "fronts", "frotte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fronde, spelled F-R-O-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arme de trait individuelle composée d'une poche et de deux lanières.
  2. 2
    Synonyme de frondibale, catapulte.
  3. 3
    Synonyme de lance-pierre.
  4. 4
    Critique, révolte.
  5. 5
    Bande de tissu fendue dans sa longueur à chaque extrémité et servant à maintenir une compresse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il se trouva, heureusement pour nous, que la hauteur que nous occupions était si escarpée, qu’elle ne pouvait être gravie à la fois que par un petit nombre d’hommes ; elle était en même temps trop élevée pour que les sauvages pussent nous incommoder beaucoup avec leurs javelots et leurs frondes.
  2. — Tapez pas, vous autres, ordonna Camus aux camarades qui prenaient déjà leurs cailloux, j’ai ma fronde, je vais y foutre.

This word in other languages

sling(English)fundíbulo(Español)Zwille(Deutsch)estilingue(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffronde
  • fornde
  • frnode
  • frodne
  • frondde
  • froned
  • fronnde
  • frronde
  • rfonde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fronde - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffronde1fornde2frnode2frodne2frondde1froned2fronnde1frronde1
Edit distance from "fronde"

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 "fronde"?
"fronde" is spelled F-R-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɔ̃d\.
What does "fronde" mean?
As a noun, "fronde" means: Arme de trait individuelle composée d'une poche et de deux lanières.
What words are commonly confused with "fronde"?
"fronde" is commonly confused with "front", "fronts", "frotte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fronde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fronde" is \fʁɔ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fronde" come from?
"fronde" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gandhi#18,493forges#18,488gilets#18,495festin#18,484

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

frisson9 variantsguérit9 variantsheurté9 variantsinvoque9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list