for

\fɔʁ\

/\fɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“for” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,077) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,077
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu où les tribunaux sont compétents pour exercer leur juridiction.

Corpus desk

Index FR-for · for · French

for · rank #2,077 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,077
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH extrêmement

Nearest frequency peer: extrêmement (-1 rank slots)

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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « for »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « for » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

for vs ft
33% similar
for vs Fs
0% similar
for vs FP
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « for »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).forse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « extrêmement » (#2,076), « forêt » (#2,078), « exception » (#2,075). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « for » est au #2,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for for is neighbouring look-alikes ("ft", "Fs", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \fɔʁ\. Frequency #2,077 among 3,276 “F” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for for, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ft", "Fs", "FP", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is for, spelled F-O-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how for appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les procès se plaidaient donc devant des juridictions commerciales, comme le Consulat de mer à Perpignan ; les esclaves possédés par des clercs dépendaient du for ecclésiastique.
  2. Tous ces fors écrits ne sont que la consécration des anciennes Coutumes. Consuetudinum antiquarum descriptionem fieri præcepit, dit le for de Bigorre.

This word in other languages

fuero(Español)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "for", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

duc#2,118cap#2,029min#2,135net#2,003

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list