fortune
/ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/
"fortune" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fortune” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,303. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,303
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Destiny, especially favorable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fortune · fortune · English
fortune · rank #4,303 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,303
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH finishing
Nearest frequency peer: finishing (-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 “fortune”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- estimates
estimates
95,701 corpus weight
- failing
failing
95,700 corpus weight
- finishing
finishing
95,699 corpus weight
- fortune
fortune
95,698 corpus weight
- gates
gates
95,697 corpus weight
- goodbye
goodbye
95,696 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “fortune” 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 | fortune |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fortune” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around fortune (IPA /ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,303 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for fortune, with forms such as "ffortune", "forrtune", and "fortnue". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fortunes", "forte", "fortunate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”. The correct English form is fortune, spelled F-O-R-T-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Destiny, especially favorable.
- 2A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
- 3A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- 4The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- 5Good luck.
- 6One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
- 7A large amount of money.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortune appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.
you, who men's fortunes in their faces read
Etymology
From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffortune
- forrtune
- fortnue
- forttune
- fortuen
- fortunne
- forutne
- fotrune
- frotune
- ofrtune
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fortune - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fortune", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
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.