come forth
"come-forth" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“come forth” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To move forward and into view, to emerge, to appear.
Corpus desk
Index EN-come-forth · come forth · English
come forth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | come forth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “come forth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
come forth is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for come forth in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Analytic form of the earlier forthcome. The correct English form is come forth, spelled C-O-M-E- -F-O-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1To move forward and into view, to emerge, to appear.
- 2To volunteer to provide something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how come forth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Suddenly a man appeared and came forth out of the fog.
Betty came forth with verification of his claims.
Etymology
Analytic form of the earlier forthcome.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.