forages

\fɔ.ʁaʒ\

/\fɔ.ʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“forages” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,563
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de forage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-forages · forages · French

forages · rank #28,563 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,563
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH foch

Nearest frequency peer: foch (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « forages »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « forages » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

forages vs forge
71% similar
forages vs forces
71% similar
forages vs formes
71% similar

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

Key facts for forages
PropertyValue
Headwordforages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ.ʁaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,563
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « forages »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).foragesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « foch » (#28,562), « Forrest » (#28,564), « fleuris » (#28,561). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « forages » est au #28,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around forages (IPA \fɔ.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,563 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de forage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for forages, with forms such as "fforages", "foarges", and "foraegs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "forge", "forces", "formes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is forages, spelled F-O-R-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de forage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les outils au diamant sont par contre encore très utilisés dans les forages profonds dans lesquels les temps de manœuvre sont très longs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforages
  • foarges
  • foraegs
  • foragess
  • foragges
  • foragse
  • forgaes
  • forrages
  • froages
  • ofrages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forages - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

fforages1foarges2foraegs2foragess1foragges1foragse2forgaes2forrages1
Edit distance from "forages"

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 "forages"?
"forages" is spelled F-O-R-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.ʁaʒ\.
What does "forages" mean?
As a noun, "forages" means: Pluriel de forage.
What words are commonly confused with "forages"?
"forages" is commonly confused with "forge", "forces", "formes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "forages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forages" is \fɔ.ʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forages" come from?
"forages" 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 "forages", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Forrest#28,564fleuris#28,561fâcheux#28,568greffer#28,576

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

exhiber10 variantsguinéen10 variantseffrayée10 variantsinjecte10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list