fontes vs fronte, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“fontes” and “fronte” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,360
“fontes” frequency rank: #26,397
“fronte” frequency rank: 27757
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	fontes	fronte
Definition	o mesmo que código-fonte	parte superior do rosto (desde a raiz dos cabelos até às sobrancelhas)

Letter map: fontes vs fronte

Shared letters muted; letters that set fontes and fronte apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. fontes (CVCCVC) and fronte (CCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch

fontes

6 ch

fronte

Corpus notes: fontes and fronte

fontes and fronte are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fontes is recorded at frequency rank #1,360, classified as anoun. 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 27757, this pair ranks #41,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fontes vs fronte

Shared letters: efnot. Private to "fontes": s. Private to "fronte": r.

"fontes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fronte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

fontes ← ffontes · fnotes · fonets · fonntes · fontess · fontse · fonttes · fotnes
fronte ← ffronte · fornte · frnote · fronet · fronnte · frontte · frotne · frronte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fontes" for "fronte" ever safe?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "fontes" vs "fronte" - which ranks higher?

"fontes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,360 in our Portuguese list, against #26,397 for "fronte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fontes" and "fronte".

Full dictionary entry for "fontes" 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 #41,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"fontes" 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 #41,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.