forewarned
"forewarned" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forewarned” is uncommon English (frequency #52,326 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,326
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of forewarn
Corpus desk
Index EN-forewarned · forewarned · English
forewarned · rank #52,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,326
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH forecourt
Nearest frequency peer: forecourt (-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 “forewarned”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- footloose
footloose
47,679 corpus weight
- foreclose
foreclose
47,677 corpus weight
- forecourt
forecourt
47,676 corpus weight
- forewarned
forewarned
47,675 corpus weight
- forger
forger
47,674 corpus weight
- foundered
foundered
47,673 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “forewarned” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forewarned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “forewarned” in English
Rare enough to double-check
forewarned is uncommon English at frequency #52,326 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of forewarn".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for forewarned, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English forwarned, equivalent to forewarn + -ed. The correct English form is forewarned, spelled F-O-R-E-W-A-R-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of forewarn
Etymology
From Middle English forwarned, equivalent to forewarn + -ed.
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
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