fronte
/ˈfɾõ.tɨ/
The verdict
“fronte” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #26,397 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,397
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - parte superior do rosto (desde a raiz dos cabelos até às sobrancelhas)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fronte |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɾõ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fronte” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for fronte is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɾõ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #26,397 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fronte, with forms such as "ffronte", "fornte", and "frnote". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "frota", "forte", "fonte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is fronte, spelled F-R-O-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1parte superior do rosto (desde a raiz dos cabelos até às sobrancelhas)
- 2testa
- 3fachada
- 4frente
- 5área mais à frente numa cercania ocupada por um contingente que está limítrofe com outra com inimigos e onde o combate se deflagra ou está a ocorrer
- 6local onde ocorre o embate contra força inimiga
- 7parte de uma força operacional militar ou similar que atua mais dianteiramente em relação ao inimigo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffronte,fornte,frnote,fronet,fronnte,frontte,frotne,frronte,rfonte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fronte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fronte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-R-O-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɾõ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “frota” - see the side-by-side comparison. fronte vs frota
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.