forêt

\fɔ.ʁɛ\

/\fɔ.ʁɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“forêt” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,078
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vaste terrain couvert de bois, de nombreux arbres proches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-foret · forêt · French

forêt · rank #2,078 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,078
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH for

Nearest frequency peer: for (-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 « forêt »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « forêt » 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).

forêt vs fort
80% similar
forêt vs fout
60% similar
forêt vs free
40% similar

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

Key facts for forêt
PropertyValue
Headwordforêt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ.ʁɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,078
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « forêt »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).forêtse 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 « for » (#2,077), « frontière » (#2,079), « extrêmement » (#2,076). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « forêt » est au #2,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around forêt (IPA \fɔ.ʁɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,078 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for forêt, with forms such as "fforêt", "forrêt", and "fortê". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fort", "fout", "free", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is forêt, spelled F-O-R-Ê-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vaste terrain couvert de bois, de nombreux arbres proches.
  2. 2
    Grande quantité.
  3. 3
    Amas de choses longues et menues.
  4. 4
    Grande quantité de pièces de bois qui forment le comble de quelque vaste édifice.
  5. 5
    Type de graphe composé de plusieurs arbres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai tout de même obtenu un itinéraire plus païen et moins sublime : la forêt de Fontainebleau.
  2. L’influence des forêts sur le climat ne peut être mise en doute, et il est bien prouvé que depuis deux ou trois siècles le régime météorologique de la France a subi de très grandes variations dues au déboisement.

Synonyms

bois

This word in other languages

forest(English)bosque(Español)Forst(Deutsch)floresta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforêt
  • forrêt
  • fortê
  • forêtt
  • foêrt
  • froêt
  • ofrêt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forêt - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

fforêt1forrêt1fortê2forêtt1foêrt2froêt2ofrêt2
Edit distance from "forêt"

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 "forêt"?
"forêt" is spelled F-O-R-Ê-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.ʁɛ\.
What does "forêt" mean?
As a noun, "forêt" means: Vaste terrain couvert de bois, de nombreux arbres proches.
What words are commonly confused with "forêt"?
"forêt" is commonly confused with "fort", "fout", "free". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "forêt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forêt" is \fɔ.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forêt" come from?
"forêt" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

génie#2,081Henri#2,082honte#2,083islam#2,085

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

rares7 variantstours7 variantsdessin7 variantsfinit7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list