frontispice
\fʁɔ̃.tis.pis\
The verdict
“frontispice” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,892. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,892
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Façade principale d’un grand bâtiment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frontispice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁɔ̃.tis.pis\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #42,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “frontispice” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around frontispice (IPA \fʁɔ̃.tis.pis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,892 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for frontispice, with forms such as "ffrontispice", "forntispice", and "frnotispice". 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. 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is frontispice, spelled F-R-O-N-T-I-S-P-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Façade principale d’un grand bâtiment.
- 2Titre imprimé d’un livre placé à la première page et entouré ou accompagné d’ornements ou de vignettes.
- 3Illustration placée en regard du titre d’un livre.
- 4Début, introduction d’un écrit.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffrontispice,forntispice,frnotispice,fronitspice,fronntispice,frontipsice,frontisipce,frontispcie,frontispicce,frontispiec,frontisppice,frontisspice,frontsipice,fronttispice,frotnispice,frrontispice,rfontispice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of frontispice - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “frontispice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-R-O-N-T-I-S-P-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fʁɔ̃.tis.pis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.