foreshore

noun

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"foreshore" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“foreshore” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,468. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,468
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The part of a shore between high water and low water.

Corpus desk

Index EN-foreshore · foreshore · English

foreshore · rank #46,468 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,468
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fogarty

Nearest frequency peer: Fogarty (-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 “foreshore”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “foreshore” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for foreshore
PropertyValue
Headwordforeshore
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#46,468
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “foreshore”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).foreshorelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Fogarty” (#46,467), “Foyle” (#46,469), “fluted” (#46,466). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “foreshore” is #46,468. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around foreshore, anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,468 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The part of a shore between high water and low water.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for foreshore, with forms such as "fforeshore", "foershore", and "forehsore". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From fore- + shore. The correct English form is foreshore, spelled F-O-R-E-S-H-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The part of a shore between high water and low water.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how foreshore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The line was constructed at a cost of £8,000, and ascended from the foreshore, near the Spa, to the Esplanade in 284 ft. at a gradient of 1 in 1.75.
  2. It was a blessed little realm. I stopped often in the country towns – Donnybrook, Bridgetown, Busselton, Margaret River — to sit with a cup of coffee or browse through stacks of secondhand books or take a walk along a wooden pier or duney foreshore.

Etymology

From fore- + shore.

Synonyms

intertidal zone

This word in other languages

estran(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforeshore
  • foershore
  • forehsore
  • foreshhore
  • foreshoer
  • foreshorre
  • foreshroe
  • foresohre
  • foresshore
  • forreshore
  • forsehore
  • froeshore
  • ofreshore

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foreshore - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

fforeshore1foershore2forehsore2foreshhore1foreshoer2foreshorre1foreshroe2foresohre2
Edit distance from "foreshore"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "foreshore"?
"foreshore" is spelled F-O-R-E-S-H-O-R-E.
What does "foreshore" mean?
As a noun, "foreshore" means: The part of a shore between high water and low water.
What are common misspellings of "foreshore"?
Common misspellings include "fforeshore", "foershore", "forehsore", "foreshhore", "foreshoer". The correct spelling is "foreshore".
What is the origin of the word "foreshore"?
From fore- + shore. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "foreshore", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list