# formte vs forte

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### formte
*verb · IPA [ˈfɔʁmtə] · frequency rank #38,744*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs formen

### forte
*adverb · IPA [ˈfɔʁtə] · frequency rank #29,128*
laut, stark

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/formte-vs-forte