fort
/fɔɹt/noun, verb
fort is spelled F-O-R-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,288th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “fort vs forte” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, fort means “A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fort is forts.
How many letters and syllables are in fort?
| Letters | 4: F-O-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 28 times per million words; the 3,288th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fort?
Fort appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,288th 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 fort?
- US /fɔɹt/
- UK /fɔːt/
- /fo(ː)ɹt/
Fort has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fort.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with fort
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with fort?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fort from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: frot.
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).
Forms of fort
- forts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- forting participle, present
- forted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fort mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- 2
Any permanent army post.
- 3
An outlying trading-station, as in British North America.
- 4
A structure improvised from furniture, bedding, etc., for playing games.
The kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.
verb
- 1
To create a fort, fortifications, a strong point, or a redoubt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate fort?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of fort: frt, ft..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fort in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 fort come from?
From Middle English fort, from Middle French fort (“strong”) (adjective use is from Old French). Doublet of fortis and forte.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).