frontale
\fʁɔ̃.tal\
The verdict
“frontale” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,389
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surface visible, face au client, utilisée sur un rayonnage pour la présentation d’un produit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frontale · frontale · French
frontale · rank #15,389 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,389
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fresque
Nearest frequency peer: fresque (-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 « frontale »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- fraîchement
fraîchement
84,615 corpus weight
- fresque
fresque
84,613 corpus weight
- frontale
frontale
84,612 corpus weight
- fumeur
fumeur
84,611 corpus weight
- funéraire
funéraire
84,610 corpus weight
- gallois
gallois
84,609 corpus weight
What this shows « frontale » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frontale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɔ̃.tal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frontale »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around frontale (IPA \fʁɔ̃.tal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,389 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for frontale, with forms such as "ffrontale", "forntale", and "frnotale". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "frontales", "frontalier", "frontal", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is frontale, spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Surface visible, face au client, utilisée sur un rayonnage pour la présentation d’un produit.
- 2Lampe portative autonome qui se mets au niveau du front, soit fixée sur un casque, ou un couvre-chef, soit maintenue autours de la tête par une sangle ou un élastique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frontale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au même titre que tous les autres équipements, le choix d’une frontale est vaste et peut s’avérer compliqué entre la puissance, l’autonomie, l’état des piles ou de la batterie, l’ergonomie…
Tu as une frontale ? — Quoi ? — Une lampe qu’on met sur la tête. — Bien sûr.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffrontale
- forntale
- frnotale
- fronatle
- fronntale
- frontael
- frontalle
- frontlae
- fronttale
- frotnale
- frrontale
- rfontale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frontale - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "frontale", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).