frontières

\fʁɔ̃.tjɛʁ\

/\fʁɔ̃.tjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“frontières” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,777
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de frontière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-frontieres · frontières · French

frontières · rank #2,777 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,777
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH européennes

Nearest frequency peer: européennes (-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 « frontières »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « frontières » 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).

frontières vs frontistes
80% similar
frontières vs frontier
70% similar
frontières vs frontière
90% similar

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

Key facts for frontières
PropertyValue
Headwordfrontières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁɔ̃.tjɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,777
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « frontières »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.frontièresse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « européennes » (#2,776), « gardien » (#2,778), « enfer » (#2,775). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « frontières » est au #2,777. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around frontières (IPA \fʁɔ̃.tjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,777 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de frontière.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for frontières, with forms such as "ffrontières", "forntières", and "frnotières". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "frontistes", "frontier", "frontière", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is frontières, spelled F-R-O-N-T-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de frontière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Du coup, au lieu de construire du lien pour élaborer un « nous », il suffirait au contraire de déconstruire les clôtures illusoires, défaire les frontières, désenclore les subjectivités.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffrontières
  • forntières
  • frnotières
  • fronitères
  • fronntières
  • frontieres
  • frontirèes
  • frontièers
  • frontièress
  • frontièrres
  • frontièrse
  • fronttières
  • frontèires
  • frotnières
  • frrontières
  • rfontières

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffrontières1forntières2frnotières2fronitères2fronntières1frontieres1frontirèes2frontièers2
Edit distance from "frontières"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

connaissances16 variantspartenaires16 variantsintelligence16 variantsautorisation16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list