forement
\fɔʁ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“forement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-forement · forement · French
forement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « forement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
forement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔʁ.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forage.".
forement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is forement, spelled F-O-R-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Forage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how forement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. Decauville, parvenu ainsi à 57 mètres, a donc dû faire cesser le forement et donner une nouvelle direction à son travail ; c'est donc aujourd'hui un puits ordinaire qu'il fait établir pour pénétrer jusqu'à la nappe qu'il a rencontrée.
…le forement plus profond de l'orifice du Sprudel No 2, depuis longtemps tari, lequel forement avait occasionné le transport du jet.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.