lampe frontale
\lɑ̃p fʁɔ̃.tal\
The verdict
“lampe frontale” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lampe 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lampe frontale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɑ̃p fʁɔ̃.tal\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lampe frontale” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lampe frontale is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɑ̃p fʁɔ̃.tal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lampe 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.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lampe frontale in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lampe frontale, spelled L-A-M-P-E- -F-R-O-N-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Lampe 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.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lampe frontale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-M-P-E- -F-R-O-N-T-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.