foresee
/fɔɹˈsi/
"foresee" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foresee” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,975
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-foresee · foresee · English
foresee · rank #22,975 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,975
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH floss
Nearest frequency peer: floss (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “foresee”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- firth
firth
77,029 corpus weight
- flannel
flannel
77,028 corpus weight
- floss
floss
77,027 corpus weight
- foresee
foresee
77,026 corpus weight
- frantically
frantically
77,024 corpus weight
- frees
frees
77,023 corpus weight
What this shows “foresee” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foresee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fɔɹˈsi/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “foresee”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around foresee (IPA /fɔɹˈsi/), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,975 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for foresee, with forms such as "fforesee", "foersee", and "foreese". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "forest", "forever", "forests", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin prōvideō, (whence provide and purvey), Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida), Polish przewidzieć, Russian про… The correct English form is foresee, spelled F-O-R-E-S-E-E.
Definition
- 1To perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
- 2To provide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how foresee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A prudent man foreſeeth the euill, and hideth himſelfe: but the ſimple paſſe on, and are puniſhed.
Ariel. My Maſter through his Art foreſees the danger That you (his friend) are in, and ſends me forth (For elſe his proiect dies) to keepe them liuing.
Etymology
From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English foresēon; equivalent to fore- + see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin prōvideō, (whence provide and purvey), Ancient Greek πρόοιδα (próoida), Polish przewidzieć, Russian провидеть (providetʹ).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforesee
- foersee
- foreese
- forese
- foressee
- forresee
- forseee
- froesee
- ofresee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foresee - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "foresee", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).