Which to use
“Fogarty” is a name and “forty” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,467
- “Fogarty” frequency rank
- #5,130
- “forty” frequency rank
- 51597
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Fogarty | forty |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Irish. | The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40. |
Letter map: Fogarty vs forty
Shared letters muted; letters that set Fogarty and forty apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Fogarty runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against forty's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Fogarty / forty
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Fogarty is aname and fortyanum. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Fogarty is recorded at frequency rank #46,467, classified as aname. forty is at rank #5,130, tagged as anum, pronounced /ˈfɔːti/.
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 51597, this pair ranks #164,141 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Fogarty vs forty
Shared letters: forty. Private to "Fogarty": ag. Private to "forty": -.
"Fogarty" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "forty" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Fogarty" for "forty" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Fogarty" vs "forty" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "Fogarty" vs "forty" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Fogarty" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "forty" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #164,141 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Fogarty" and "forty" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fora vs forty". 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 #164,141 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.