Which to use
“fronte” and “frota” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,397
- “fronte” frequency rank
- #3,771
- “frota” frequency rank
- 30168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fronte | frota |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte superior do rosto (desde a raiz dos cabelos até às sobrancelhas) | conjunto de navios de guerra ou mercantes |
Where the eye mixes fronte and frota
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fronte runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against frota's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between fronte and frota
A purely visual mix-up. fronte (/ˈfɾõ.tɨ/) and frota (/ˈfɾɔ.tɐ/) 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 30168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fronte is recorded at frequency rank #26,397, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɾõ.tɨ/. frota is at rank #3,771, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɾɔ.tɐ/.
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 30168, this pair ranks #38,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fronte vs frota
Shared letters: fort. Private to "fronte": en. Private to "frota": a.
"fronte" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "frota" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fronte" and "frota" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "fronte" vs "frota" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fronte" and "frota" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fronte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "frota" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fronte" and "frota" 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 #38,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.