forecourt
"forecourt" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forecourt” is uncommon English (frequency #52,325 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,325
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The area in front of a petrol station where the petrol pumps are situated; pumping area.
Corpus desk
Index EN-forecourt · forecourt · English
forecourt · rank #52,325 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,325
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH foreclose
Nearest frequency peer: foreclose (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “forecourt”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- footloose
footloose
47,679 corpus weight
- foreclose
foreclose
47,677 corpus weight
- forecourt
forecourt
47,676 corpus weight
- forewarned
forewarned
47,675 corpus weight
- forger
forger
47,674 corpus weight
- foundered
foundered
47,673 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “forecourt” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forecourt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #52,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “forecourt” in English
Rare enough to double-check
forecourt is uncommon English at frequency #52,325 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for forecourt in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From fore- + court. The correct English form is forecourt, spelled F-O-R-E-C-O-U-R-T.
Definition
- 1The area in front of a petrol station where the petrol pumps are situated; pumping area.
- 2Any open area in front of a building.
- 3In racket sports, the front part of the court.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how forecourt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Limerick terminus has changed but little since its opening, and travellers still ascend the same flight of steps from the forecourt to enter the handsome two-storey stone building, which contains the offices and a recently-modernised refreshment room.
The first group is incised on the east wall and eastern part of the south wall of the temple forecourt. The second group is incised into the floor and paving stones of the forecourt, extending onto the pavement of the Podium.
Etymology
From fore- + court.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).