forsooth
/fɔɹˈsuθ/obsolete
forsooth is spelled F-O-R-S-O-O-T-H: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, forsooth means “Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in forsooth?
| Letters | 8: F-O-R-S-O-O-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 forsooth?
Forsooth appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 forsooth?
- US /fɔɹˈsuθ/
- US /fɚ-/
Forsooth has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-forsooth.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with forsooth?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as forsooth from its last stressed vowel (/uθ/):
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).
What does forsooth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
archaicUsed as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.
Near-synonyms: true that, facts
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forsooth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense indeed, truthfully, really:
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 forsooth come from?
From Middle English forsothe, forsoþe, for sothe, from Old English for sōþ (“truly, for certain, forsooth”), equivalent to for (“for, by”) + sooth (“truth”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).