# foreman

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/ · frequency rank #13,349

## Definitions
1. The leader of a work crew.
2. The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
3. A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.

## Etymology
From Middle English foremon, forman. Compare West Frisian foarman, Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand, Swedish förman, Icelandic formaður. By surface analysis, fore- + man.

## Easily confused with
- **format** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foreman-vs-format)
- **formal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foreman-vs-formal)
- **Furman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foreman-vs-furman)
- **freeman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foreman-vs-freeman)
- **foresaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foreman-vs-foresaw)
- **FORTRAN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foreman-vs-fortran)
- **foreign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foreign-vs-foreman)
- **fireman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fireman-vs-foreman)
- **forehand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forehand-vs-foreman)

## Common misspellings (10)
`fforeman`, `foerman`, `foreamn`, `foremann`, `foremman`, `foremna`, `formean`, `forreman`, `froeman`, `ofreman`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/foreman