for

/\fɔʁ\/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,077

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

for is aFrenchnoun. It means: Lieu où les tribunaux sont compétents pour exercer leur juridiction. Pronounced \fɔʁ\. It ranks #2,077 in French word frequency. Often confused with ft and Fs.

Key facts for for
PropertyValue
Headwordfor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔʁ\
Letters3
Frequency rank#2,077
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of for in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for for is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,077 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for for in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ft", "Fs", "FP", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is for, spelled F-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu où les tribunaux sont compétents pour exercer leur juridiction.
  2. 2
    Jugement. N’est resté en usage que dans les locutions for intérieur, dans son for intérieur et en son for intérieur.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #2,077 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "for"?
"for" is spelled F-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ\.
What does "for" mean?
As a noun, "for" means: Lieu où les tribunaux sont compétents pour exercer leur juridiction.
What words are commonly confused with "for"?
"for" is commonly confused with "ft", "Fs", "FP". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "for"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "for" is \fɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "for" come from?
"for" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.