front

\fʁɔ̃\

/\fʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“front” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,393. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,393
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie antérieure de quelque chose. → voir de front

Corpus desk

Index FR-front · front · French

front · rank #1,393 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,393
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH faveur

Nearest frequency peer: faveur (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “front”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “front” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

front vs fruit
60% similar
front vs frost
80% similar
front vs furent
67% similar

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

Key facts for front
PropertyValue
Headwordfront
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,393
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “front” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).frontse 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 « faveur » (#1,392), « Marseille » (#1,394), « européen » (#1,391). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around front (IPA \fʁɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,393 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 22 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for front, with forms such as "ffront", "fornt", and "frnot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fruit", "frost", "furent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is front, spelled F-R-O-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie antérieure de quelque chose. → voir de front
  2. 2
    Partie supérieure de la face.
  3. 3
    Partie du visage qui est comprise entre la racine des cheveux et les sourcils. → voir front bas et front haut
  4. 4
    Partie supérieure de la tête.
  5. 5
    La surface, la ligne, le point le plus avancé d'une chose qui progresse.
  6. 6
    Le point inférieur d'un glacier.
  7. 7
    Façade de l'épaisseur d'une partie d'un gisement exploité en un passage, dans une carrière.
  8. 8
    Partie visible du soi.
  9. 9
    Expression de l’état intérieur. → voir marcher le front haut et marcher le front levé
  10. 10
    Le siège de la dignité morale.
  11. 11
    Attitude sociale. → voir avoir le front et effronté
  12. 12
    Attitude adoptée, marquant la hardiesse, l’impudence.
  13. 13
    Partie supérieure de quelque chose.
  14. 14
    Partie la plus élevée d’un être.
  15. 15
    Façade d’un bâtiment.
  16. 16
    Ligne séparative entre deux choses mouvantes. → voir ligne de front
  17. 17
    Ligne évolutive d’une perturbation. → voir front froid, front chaud et front d’orage
  18. 18
    Ligne marquant la zone des combats. → voir à front renversé et monter au front
  19. 19
    Lieu d’expression des idées progressistes. → voir front commun
  20. 20
    Réceptacle des propositions sociétales.
  21. 21
    Mouvement populaire qui s’oppose à un ordre établi. Note d’usage : Utilisé essentiellement avec une majuscule. → voir Front populaire et Front de libération
  22. 22
    Domaine sur lequel les discussions sont vives.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Représentation de quelques parties du cerveau , depuis le côté antérieur, ou le front, jusqu'au côté postérieur.
  2. De l’occiput au front, la tête semble rasée.

Synonyms

maintienaudaceimpudencefaçadelignebloccoalitionligue

Antonyms

arrière

This word in other languages

forehead(English)frente(Español)Stirn(Deutsch)testa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffront
  • fornt
  • frnot
  • fronnt
  • frontt
  • frotn
  • frront
  • rfont

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffront1fornt2frnot2fronnt1frontt1frotn2frront1rfont2
Edit distance from "front"

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 "front"?
"front" is spelled F-R-O-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɔ̃\.
What does "front" mean?
As a noun, "front" means: Partie antérieure de quelque chose. → voir de front
What words are commonly confused with "front"?
"front" is commonly confused with "fruit", "frost", "furent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "front"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "front" is \fʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "front" come from?
"front" 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 "front", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prévu#1,401sites#1,403dites#1,409salut#1,377

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

faveur8 variantspapier8 variantsactuel8 variantsentrer8 variants

What to do next

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  • "front" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "fruit". View pair
  • 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #1,393 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list