Which to use
“frente” and “fronte” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #276
- “frente” frequency rank
- #26,397
- “fronte” frequency rank
- 26673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | frente | fronte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | : fileira, linha avançada de um exército | parte superior do rosto (desde a raiz dos cabelos até às sobrancelhas) |
Where the eye mixes frente and fronte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between frente and fronte
A purely visual mix-up. frente (/ˈfɾẽ.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 a single letter - e in “frente” becomes o in “fronte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
frente is recorded at frequency rank #276, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɾẽ.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 26673, this pair ranks #42,433 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of frente vs fronte
Shared letters: efnrt. Private to "frente": -. Private to "fronte": o.
"frente" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "fronte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "frente" for "fronte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "frente" vs "fronte" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "frente" and "fronte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "frente" 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 #42,433 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "frente" 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 #42,433 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.