# format

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/ · frequency rank #3,165

## Definitions
1. The layout of a publication or document.
2. The form of presentation of something.
3. The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
4. A file type.

## Etymology
Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“to shape, fashion”).

## Easily confused with
- **fort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/format-vs-fort)
- **frat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/format-vs-frat)
- **forms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/format-vs-forms)
- **former** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/format-vs-former)
- **formed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/format-vs-formed)
- **Furman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/format-vs-furman)
- **formats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/format-vs-formats)
- **form** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/form-vs-format)
- **fora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fora-vs-format)
- **foray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foray-vs-format)
- **forget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forget-vs-format)
- **forest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forest-vs-format)
- **forgot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgot-vs-format)
- **formal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/formal-vs-format)
- **foreman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foreman-vs-format)

## Common misspellings (9)
`fformat`, `fomrat`, `foramt`, `formatt`, `formmat`, `formta`, `forrmat`, `fromat`, `ofrmat`

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