# forked

> English word · Adjective · IPA /fɔː(ɹ)kt/ · frequency rank #30,428

## Definitions
1. That splits into two or more directions, or parts.
2. Having forks (parts into which anything is furcated or divided).

## Easily confused with
- **Fred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forked-vs-fred)
- **fried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forked-vs-fried)
- **freed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forked-vs-freed)
- **forte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forked-vs-forte)
- **former** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forked-vs-former)
- **formed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forked-vs-formed)
- **fucked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forked-vs-fucked)
- **fouled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forked-vs-fouled)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ford-vs-forked)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fork-vs-forked)
- **force** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/force-vs-forked)
- **fired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-forked)
- **forge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forge-vs-forked)
- **forex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forex-vs-forked)
- **faked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faked-vs-forked)
- **forget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forget-vs-forked)
- **forces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forces-vs-forked)
- **forced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-forked)
- **Forbes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forked)
- **folded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folded-vs-forked)

## Common misspellings (9)
`fforked`, `fokred`, `forekd`, `forkde`, `forkedd`, `forkked`, `forrked`, `froked`, `ofrked`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/forked