foremen
/ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/
"foremen" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foremen” is uncommon English (frequency #85,259 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,259
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of foreman
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foremen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foremen” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
foremen is uncommon English at frequency #85,259 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of foreman".
Zero misspellings are on record for foremen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is foremen, spelled F-O-R-E-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1plural of foreman
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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Using “foremen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-R-E-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.