Which to use
“fonte” and “fronte” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #894
- “fonte” frequency rank
- #26,397
- “fronte” frequency rank
- 27291
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fonte | fronte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lugar onde nasce água | parte superior do rosto (desde a raiz dos cabelos até às sobrancelhas) |
Where the eye mixes fonte and fronte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fonte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against fronte's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between fonte and fronte
A purely visual mix-up. fonte (/ˈfõ.tɨ/) and fronte (/ˈfɾõ.tɨ/) 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 27291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fonte is recorded at frequency rank #894, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfõ.tɨ/. fronte is at rank #26,397, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɾõ.tɨ/.
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 27291, this pair ranks #41,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fonte vs fronte
Shared letters: efnot. Private to "fonte": -. Private to "fronte": r.
"fonte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "fronte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fonte" and "fronte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fonte" vs "fronte" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fonte" and "fronte" 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 "fronte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fonte" and "fronte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fronha vs fronte". 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 #41,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.