Forbach
\fɔʁ.bak\
The verdict
“Forbach” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,276. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,276
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Moselle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Forbach |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.bak\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,276 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Forbach” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Forbach (IPA \fɔʁ.bak\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,276 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Forbach, with forms such as "fforbach", "fobrach", and "forabch". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Forbach, spelled F-O-R-B-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Moselle.
- 2Commune d’Allemagne, située dans le Bade-Wurtemberg.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département de la Moselle.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforbach
- fobrach
- forabch
- forbacch
- forbachh
- forbahc
- forbbach
- forbcah
- forrbach
- frobach
- ofrbach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Forbach - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Forbach”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-R-B-A-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔʁ.bak\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.