foretaste
"foretaste" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foretaste” is uncommon English (frequency #85,260 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,260
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A taste beforehand.
Corpus desk
Index EN-foretaste · foretaste · English
foretaste · rank #85,260 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,260
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH foremen
Nearest frequency peer: foremen (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “foretaste”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fogo
fogo
14,744 corpus weight
- forefoot
forefoot
14,743 corpus weight
- foremen
foremen
14,742 corpus weight
- foretaste
foretaste
14,741 corpus weight
- formwork
formwork
14,740 corpus weight
- Friedmann
Friedmann
14,738 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “foretaste” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foretaste |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “foretaste” in English
Rare enough to double-check
foretaste is uncommon English at frequency #85,260 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for foretaste, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fortaste, equivalent to fore- + taste (noun). The correct English form is foretaste, spelled F-O-R-E-T-A-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1A taste beforehand.
- 2A sample taken in anticipation; an experience undergone in advance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how foretaste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.
Etymology
From Middle English fortaste, equivalent to fore- + taste (noun).
Synonyms
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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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