furst
"furst" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“furst” is uncommon English (frequency #80,471 among 18,613 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,471
- frequency rank, English
- 18,613
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eye dialect spelling of first.
Corpus desk
Index EN-furst · furst · English
furst · rank #80,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,471
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 18,613
- PHOTO-FINISH furosemide
Nearest frequency peer: furosemide (-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 “furst”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fromage
fromage
19,532 corpus weight
- furosemide
furosemide
19,531 corpus weight
- furst
furst
19,530 corpus weight
- gabled
gabled
19,529 corpus weight
- gak
gak
19,528 corpus weight
- gammy
gammy
19,527 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “furst” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | furst |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #80,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “furst” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
furst is uncommon English at frequency #80,471 among 18,613 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eye dialect spelling of first.".
furst doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is furst, spelled F-U-R-S-T.
Definition
- 1Eye dialect spelling of first.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how furst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They wur not paid for weet days at th' furst; an' they geet it into their yeds at Shorrock were to blame.
"An' it black noight, an' men and women wild in the drink; an' Pat Harrigan insoide bloind an' mad in liquor, an' it's turned me an' the children out he has to shlape in the snow--an' not the furst toime either.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.