forgeron

\fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃\

/\fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“forgeron” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,570
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artisan qui travaille le fer au marteau, après l’avoir fait chauffer à la forge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-forgeron · forgeron · French

forgeron · rank #22,570 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,570
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH financées

Nearest frequency peer: financées (-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 « forgeron »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « forgeron » 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).

forgeron vs formeront
78% similar
forgeron vs forgerons
89% similar
forgeron vs forger
75% similar

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

Key facts for forgeron
PropertyValue
Headwordforgeron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,570
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « forgeron »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).forgeronse 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 « financées » (#22,569), « frayeur » (#22,571), « fictive » (#22,568). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « forgeron » est au #22,570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around forgeron (IPA \fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,570 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for forgeron, with forms such as "fforgeron", "fogreron", and "foregron". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "formeront", "forgerons", "forger", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is forgeron, spelled F-O-R-G-E-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Artisan qui travaille le fer au marteau, après l’avoir fait chauffer à la forge.
  2. 2
    Ouvrier travaillant à la fabrication des métaux dans une forge industrielle.
  3. 3
    Dans certaines cultures d’Afrique subsaharienne, membre d’un groupe dont l’activité traditionnelle est l’artisanat des métaux.
  4. 4
    Meuble représentant un personnage exerçant le métier du même nom dans les armoiries.
  5. 5
    Poisson de mer de la famille des zéidés (Zeus faber).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le forgeron qui doit battre le fer a la partie supérieure de son corps et les muscles des bras très-développés.
  2. À 10 heures j’avais trouvé un calfat, un charpentier et un forgeron, et les réparations commençaient.

Synonyms

poisson Saint-Pierre

This word in other languages

smith(English)herrero(Español)Schmied(Deutsch)ferreiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforgeron
  • fogreron
  • foregron
  • forgeorn
  • forgerno
  • forgeronn
  • forgerron
  • forggeron
  • forgreon
  • forrgeron
  • frogeron
  • ofrgeron

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forgeron - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

fforgeron1fogreron2foregron2forgeorn2forgerno2forgeronn1forgerron1forggeron1
Edit distance from "forgeron"

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 "forgeron"?
"forgeron" is spelled F-O-R-G-E-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "forgeron" mean?
As a noun, "forgeron" means: Artisan qui travaille le fer au marteau, après l’avoir fait chauffer à la forge.
What words are commonly confused with "forgeron"?
"forgeron" is commonly confused with "formeront", "forgerons", "forger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "forgeron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forgeron" is \fɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forgeron" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

funèbres#22,572escouade#22,559Hermione#22,581escapade#22,558

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

enlevant12 variantsempirique12 variantsimaginait12 variantsdéchirée12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list