forest
for·est/ˈfɔɹəst/noun, verb
forest is spelled F-O-R-E-S-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (for·est). It appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, forest means “A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of forest is forests.
How many letters and syllables are in forest?
| Letters | 6: F-O-R-E-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: for·est |
| In writing | 50 times per million words; the 2,041st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is forest?
Forest appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce forest?
- UK /ˈfɒɹɪst/
- US /ˈfɔɹəst/
- US /fɔɹst/
Forest has 2 syllables, split for·est in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-forest.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Exilexi-forest.wav, En-us-forest.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with forest?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as forest (/ɔɹəst/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: foster.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of forest
- forests plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- foresting participle, present
- forested participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does forest mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
- 2
Any dense collection or amount.
a forest of criticism
- 3
A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.
- 4
A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.
- 5
A group of domains that are managed as a unit.
- 6
The color forest green.
verb
- 1
To cover an area with trees.
From the view-point of national economy professor Fehér communicates to us most interesting facts, which he has established in an important question now of actuality : in the subject of foresting the Great Hungarian Plains.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forest in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | forêt, brousse, sylve, bois, bosquet |
| German | Wald, Forst, Gehölz, Hain, Woid , aufforsten |
| Portuguese | floresta, selva, bosque, mata , florestar |
| Spanish | bosque, floresta, selva, foresta, kaá, caá |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does forest come from?
Inherited from Middle English forest, from Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).