frontal

//fɾõˈtaw// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,484

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

frontal is anPortugueseadj. It means: de frente Pronounced /fɾõˈtaw/. It ranks #8,484 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with frota and fronte.

Key facts for frontal
PropertyValue
Headwordfrontal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/fɾõˈtaw/
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,484
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of frontal in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for frontal is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fɾõˈtaw/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,484 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for frontal, with forms such as "ffrontal", "forntal", and "frnotal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "frota", "fronte", "fronha", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is frontal, spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    de frente
  2. 2
    relativo à fronte
  3. 3
    direto; franco; aberto

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffrontal,forntal,frnotal,fronatl,fronntal,frontall,frontla,fronttal,frotnal,frrontal,rfontal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for frontal

Misspelling Variants of "frontal"

ffrontal8forntal7frnotal7fronatl7fronntal8frontall8frontla7fronttal8
Misspelling Variants of "frontal"

Frequency rank: #8,484 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frontal"?
"frontal" is spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /fɾõˈtaw/.
What does "frontal" mean?
As an adj, "frontal" means: de frente
What words are commonly confused with "frontal"?
"frontal" is commonly confused with "frota", "fronte", "fronha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "frontal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frontal" is /fɾõˈtaw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frontal" come from?
"frontal" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.