Which to use
“fonte” and “fronde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,855
- “fonte” frequency rank
- #18,491
- “fronde” frequency rank
- 27346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fonte | fronde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de fondre, ou de se fondre, de se liquéfier. | Arme de trait individuelle composée d'une poche et de deux lanières. |
Where the eye mixes fonte and fronde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between fonte and fronde
A purely visual mix-up. fonte (\fɔ̃t\) and fronde (\fʁɔ̃d\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27346, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fonte is recorded at frequency rank #8,855, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ̃t\. fronde is at rank #18,491, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fʁɔ̃d\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 27346, this pair ranks #329,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fonte vs fronde
Shared letters: efno. Private to "fonte": t. Private to "fronde": dr.
"fonte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fronde" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fonte" for "fronde" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "fonte" or "fronde" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fonte" and "fronde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fonte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fronde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fonte" and "fronde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fronce vs fronde". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #329,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.