fortan
[fɔʁtˈʔan]
The verdict
“fortan” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,366
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ab jetzt, von jetzt an, ab sofort, in Zukunft
Corpus desk
Index DE-fortan · fortan · German
fortan · rank #8,366 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,366
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Forst
Nearest frequency peer: Forst (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „fortan“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Feierabend
Feierabend
91,638 corpus weight
- Folter
Folter
91,637 corpus weight
- Forst
Forst
91,636 corpus weight
- fortan
fortan
91,635 corpus weight
- Fotografen
Fotografen
91,634 corpus weight
- Freundes
Freundes
91,633 corpus weight
What this shows „fortan“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fortan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [fɔʁtˈʔan] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „fortan“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around fortan (IPA [fɔʁtˈʔan]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #8,366 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ab jetzt, von jetzt an, ab sofort, in Zukunft".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fortan, with forms such as "ffortan", "foratn", and "forrtan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "forte", "forza", "fortuna", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fortan, spelled F-O-R-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1ab jetzt, von jetzt an, ab sofort, in Zukunft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aurora verschwand; aber ihr Bild glänzte fortan den Mädchen in jeder Thräne des Thaues wieder.“
„Fortan wies Polizeipräsident von Jagow in fast jedem seiner Stimmungsberichte auf die wachsende Bedeutung der »Radikalen« hin.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffortan
- foratn
- forrtan
- fortann
- fortna
- forttan
- fotran
- frotan
- ofrtan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fortan - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fortan", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).