foredeem
"foredeem" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foredeem” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand; foretell; forecast; presage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-foredeem · foredeem · English
foredeem · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | foredeem |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “foredeem” in English
Rare enough to double-check
foredeem is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for foredeem in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English *foredemen, from Old English foredēman (“to prejudge”), equivalent to fore- + deem. The correct English form is foredeem, spelled F-O-R-E-D-E-E-M.
Definition
- 1To judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand; foretell; forecast; presage.
- 2To deem or account in advance; consider; take for granted; expect.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foredeem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come.
And of a beste, then fordeme the worst frende it was more standing with humanitee and gentlenesse to hope the best, then to foredeme the worste
Etymology
From Middle English *foredemen, from Old English foredēman (“to prejudge”), equivalent to fore- + deem.
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.