frontage
\fʁɔ̃.taʒ\
The verdict
“frontage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terrain compris entre la base d’une façade et la chaussée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frontage · frontage · French
frontage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frontage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɔ̃.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « frontage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
frontage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɔ̃.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Terrain compris entre la base d’une façade et la chaussée.".
Zero misspellings are on record for frontage in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is frontage, spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Terrain compris entre la base d’une façade et la chaussée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how frontage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le frontage subit la contrainte de l’alignement, par exemple.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.