fourty
"fourty" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fourty” is uncommon English (frequency #88,352 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,352
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obsolete spelling of forty.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fourty · fourty · English
fourty · rank #88,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,352
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH formate
Nearest frequency peer: formate (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “fourty”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fluoridated
fluoridated
11,654 corpus weight
- formate
formate
11,651 corpus weight
- fourty
fourty
11,649 corpus weight
- freeloading
freeloading
11,647 corpus weight
- frenemies
frenemies
11,646 corpus weight
- fricative
fricative
11,644 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fourty” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fourty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fourty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fourty is uncommon English at frequency #88,352 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anumeral. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for fourty in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is fourty, spelled F-O-U-R-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Obsolete spelling of forty.
- 2Misspelling of forty.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fourty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[I]t is also voted and hereby to be understood that we have concluded to pay yearly or per annum one hundred and fourty pounds Salary[…]
This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major quest…
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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