frontal

\fʁɔ̃.tal\

/\fʁɔ̃.tal\/ adj

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The verdict

“frontal” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,732
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport ou qui appartient au front.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frontal · frontal · French

frontal · rank #20,732 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,732
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fourneaux

Nearest frequency peer: fourneaux (-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 « frontal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frontal » 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).

frontal vs fronts
71% similar
frontal vs fronton
71% similar
frontal vs frontale
88% similar

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

Key facts for frontal
PropertyValue
Headwordfrontal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fʁɔ̃.tal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,732
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frontal »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).frontalse 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 « fourneaux » (#20,731), « frégate » (#20,733), « fourche » (#20,730). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frontal » est au #20,732. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around frontal (IPA \fʁɔ̃.tal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,732 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for frontal, with forms such as "ffrontal", "forntal", and "frnotal". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "fronts", "fronton", "frontale", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is frontal, spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport ou qui appartient au front.
  2. 2
    Qui est situé sur le front.
  3. 3
    Qui est situé de front.
  4. 4
    Qui attaque frontalement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les muscles frontaux. — Os frontal. — Sinus frontaux.
  2. Ils se séparèrent devant la porte de l’établissement en échangeant du feu pour une dernière cigarette. Comme ils tenaient encore leur chapeau à la main, leurs fronts congestionnés se touchèrent et le colonel recula subitement comme s’il eût craint de révéler, par ce contact, le secret qu’abritait son os frontal.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrontal
  • forntal
  • frnotal
  • fronatl
  • fronntal
  • frontall
  • frontla
  • fronttal
  • frotnal
  • frrontal
  • rfontal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffrontal1forntal2frnotal2fronatl2fronntal1frontall1frontla2fronttal1
Edit distance from "frontal"

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 "frontal"?
"frontal" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɔ̃.tal\.
What does "frontal" mean?
As an adjective, "frontal" means: Qui a rapport ou qui appartient au front.
What words are commonly confused with "frontal"?
"frontal" is commonly confused with "fronts", "fronton", "frontale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frontal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frontal" is \fʁɔ̃.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frontal" come from?
"frontal" 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 "frontal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

frégate#20,733fourche#20,730ficelle#20,722glauque#20,744

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

figurine11 variantsesquiver11 variantshonteuse11 variantshéberge11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list