foresighted

adj

"foresighted" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“foresighted” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.

Corpus desk

Index EN-foresighted · foresighted · English

foresighted · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for foresighted
PropertyValue
Headwordforesighted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “foresighted” in English

foresightedfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

foresighted is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for foresighted in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From fore- + sight + -ed. The correct English form is foresighted, spelled F-O-R-E-S-I-G-H-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.

Etymology

From fore- + sight + -ed.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "foresighted"?
"foresighted" is spelled F-O-R-E-S-I-G-H-T-E-D.
What does "foresighted" mean?
As an adjective, "foresighted" means: Having foresight; foreseeing; provident.
What is the origin of the word "foresighted"?
From fore- + sight + -ed. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list