fronton

\fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃\

/\fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“fronton” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,737
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornement d’architecture qui est fait habituellement en triangle et qui se met en haut de l’entrée principale d’un bâtiment, au-dessus des portes, des croisées, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fronton · fronton · French

fronton · rank #26,737 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,737
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH friendly

Nearest frequency peer: friendly (-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 « fronton »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fronton » 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).

fronton vs fronts
71% similar
fronton vs front
71% similar
fronton vs frontal
71% similar

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

Key facts for fronton
PropertyValue
Headwordfronton
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,737
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fronton »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).frontonse 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 « friendly » (#26,736), « frustrations » (#26,738), « friche » (#26,735). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fronton » est au #26,737. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fronton (IPA \fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,737 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fronton, with forms such as "ffronton", "fornton", and "frnoton". 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, "fronts", "front", "frontal", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is fronton, spelled F-R-O-N-T-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ornement d’architecture qui est fait habituellement en triangle et qui se met en haut de l’entrée principale d’un bâtiment, au-dessus des portes, des croisées, etc.
  2. 2
    Mur sur lequel frappe la pelote.
  3. 3
    Terrain où l’on pratique la pelote basque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle offre aussi un visage sobrement néo-classique avec trois arcades et un fronton à horloge.
  2. Il y a quelques années, florissait, orgueil de nos boulevards, certain vaste et lumineux café, situé presque en face d’un de nos théâtres de genre, dont le fronton rappelle celui d’un temple païen.

This word in other languages

pediment(English)frontón(Español)Stirnwand(Deutsch)frontão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffronton
  • fornton
  • frnoton
  • fronnton
  • fronotn
  • frontno
  • frontonn
  • frontton
  • frotnon
  • frronton
  • rfonton

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffronton1fornton2frnoton2fronnton1fronotn2frontno2frontonn1frontton1
Edit distance from "fronton"

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 "fronton"?
"fronton" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃\.
What does "fronton" mean?
As a noun, "fronton" means: Ornement d’architecture qui est fait habituellement en triangle et qui se met en haut de l’entrée principale d’un bâtiment, au-dessus des portes, des croisées, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "fronton"?
"fronton" is commonly confused with "fronts", "front", "frontal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fronton"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fronton" is \fʁɔ̃.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fronton" come from?
"fronton" 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 "fronton", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

galérer#26,739fratrie#26,734frangin#26,732fourier#26,731

Similar misspelling depth

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

frappées11 variantsgenerale11 variantsimpayés11 variantsEldorado11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list