Frontignan
\fʁɔ̃.ti.ɲɑ̃\
The verdict
“Frontignan” is uncommon French (frequency #61,546 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,546
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Hérault.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frontignan · Frontignan · French
Frontignan · rank #61,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,546
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH frivoles
Nearest frequency peer: frivoles (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Frontignan »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- frei
frei
38,458 corpus weight
- fringants
fringants
38,457 corpus weight
- frivoles
frivoles
38,456 corpus weight
- Frontignan
Frontignan
38,455 corpus weight
- frontons
frontons
38,454 corpus weight
- fréquentez
fréquentez
38,453 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Frontignan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Frontignan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fʁɔ̃.ti.ɲɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Frontignan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Frontignan is uncommon French at frequency #61,546 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fʁɔ̃.ti.ɲɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Frontignan, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Frontignan, spelled F-R-O-N-T-I-G-N-A-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Hérault.
- 2Nom court de Frontignan-de-Comminges, en Haute-Garonne.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département de l’Hérault.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Frontignan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À la base, mon frère voulait faire gardien de foot, mais il a découvert le hand à l’école, comme moi, se souvient Nassim Bellahcene, qui joue en deuxième division à Frontignan.
À Frontignan, l’équipe municipale est en place, dynamique et motivée, prête pour ce nouveau défi dont l’objectif principal qu’elle s’est fixée repose sur le développement de la commune et le bien-être de tous ses habitants.
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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