# forth

> English word · Adverb · IPA /fɔːθ/ · frequency rank #3,625

## Definitions
1. Forward in time, place or degree.
2. Out into view; from a particular place or position.
3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **forum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forth-vs-forum)
- **forty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forth-vs-forty)
- **froth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forth-vs-froth)
- **frith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forth-vs-frith)
- **fourth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forth-vs-fourth)
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/for-vs-forth)
- **foh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foh-vs-forth)
- **form** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/form-vs-forth)
- **foot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foot-vs-forth)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ford-vs-forth)
- **fort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fort-vs-forth)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fork-vs-forth)
- **font** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/font-vs-forth)
- **fart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fart-vs-forth)
- **fora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fora-vs-forth)
- **force** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/force-vs-forth)
- **faith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faith-vs-forth)
- **fifth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fifth-vs-forth)
- **forms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forms-vs-forth)
- **forge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forge-vs-forth)

## Common misspellings (7)
`fforth`, `forht`, `forrth`, `forthh`, `fortth`, `fotrh`, `ofrth`

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