forthwith
/fɔːθˈwɪð/
"forthwith" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forthwith” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,210
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Without delay; immediately.
Corpus desk
Index EN-forthwith · forthwith · English
forthwith · rank #44,210 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,210
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Folkestone
Nearest frequency peer: Folkestone (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “forthwith”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- flasks
flasks
55,794 corpus weight
- folate
folate
55,793 corpus weight
- Folkestone
Folkestone
55,792 corpus weight
- forthwith
forthwith
55,791 corpus weight
- Frampton
Frampton
55,790 corpus weight
- frankfurter
frankfurter
55,789 corpus weight
What this shows “forthwith” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forthwith |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /fɔːθˈwɪð/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #44,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “forthwith”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around forthwith (IPA /fɔːθˈwɪð/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #44,210 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Without delay; immediately.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for forthwith, with forms such as "fforthwith", "forhtwith", and "forrthwith". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English forth-with (“at once, immediately; at the same time, already; straight ahead”) [and other forms], partly from the phrase forth with (something), and partly from forth-with-al, furth-with-al (“at once, immediately; together with”) (whence… The correct English form is forthwith, spelled F-O-R-T-H-W-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1Without delay; immediately.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how forthwith appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neyther euery thynge, whiche ony maner way is bredde or gendred of man: is forthwith a man (for els lyſe ſholde be called men) But that thynge, whiche is conceyued in the matrice or wombe of a woman, of the very ſubſtaunce of man: [...]
Let ther be Light, ſaid God, and forthwith Light, / Ethereal, firſt of things, quinteſſence pure, / Sprung from the Deep, [...]
Etymology
From Middle English forth-with (“at once, immediately; at the same time, already; straight ahead”) [and other forms], partly from the phrase forth with (something), and partly from forth-with-al, furth-with-al (“at once, immediately; together with”) (whence forthwithal).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforthwith
- forhtwith
- forrthwith
- forthhwith
- forthiwth
- forthwiht
- forthwithh
- forthwitth
- forthwtih
- forthwwith
- fortthwith
- fortwhith
- fotrhwith
- frothwith
- ofrthwith
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forthwith - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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