forth
/fɔːθ/
"forth" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forth” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,625
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forward in time, place or degree.
Corpus desk
Index EN-forth · forth · English
forth · rank #3,625 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,625
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH forgotten
Nearest frequency peer: forgotten (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “forth”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- elite
elite
96,379 corpus weight
- enemies
enemies
96,378 corpus weight
- forgotten
forgotten
96,377 corpus weight
- forth
forth
96,376 corpus weight
- gods
gods
96,375 corpus weight
- hadn't
hadn't
96,374 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “forth” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /fɔːθ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “forth” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around forth (IPA /fɔːθ/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #3,625 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for forth, with forms such as "fforth", "forht", and "forrth". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "forum", "forty", "froth", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford. The correct English form is forth, spelled F-O-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1Forward in time, place or degree.
- 2Out into view; from a particular place or position.
- 3Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how forth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From this time forth, I never will speak word.
“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
Etymology
From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforth
- forht
- forrth
- forthh
- fortth
- fotrh
- ofrth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forth - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "forth" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "forum". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,625 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "F" letter cohort. F–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.