forges

\fɔʁʒ\

/\fɔʁʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“forges” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,488. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,488
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-forges · forges · French

forges · rank #18,488 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,488
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fluidité

Nearest frequency peer: fluidité (-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 « forges »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « forges » 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).

forges vs forme
67% similar
forges vs forte
67% similar
forges vs forts
67% similar

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

Key facts for forges
PropertyValue
Headwordforges
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔʁʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,488
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « forges »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.forgesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fluidité » (#18,487), « frisson » (#18,489), « flamande » (#18,486). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « forges » est au #18,488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around forges (IPA \fɔʁʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,488 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de forge.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for forges, with forms such as "fforges", "fogres", and "foregs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "forme", "forte", "forts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is forges, spelled F-O-R-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de forge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On ne tient pas contre de telles réponses, surtout quand elles sont accompagnées d’un séjour de trois heures dans une chétive auberge de la Basse-Indre, où nous avons déjeuné de poisson frais dans une petite chambre comme en peignent les peintres de genre, et par les fenêtres de laquelle on entendait mugir les forges d’Indret à travers la belle nappe de l…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforges
  • fogres
  • foregs
  • forgess
  • forgges
  • forgse
  • forrges
  • froges
  • ofrges

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forges - 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.

fforges1fogres2foregs2forgess1forgges1forgse2forrges1froges2
Edit distance from "forges"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fronde#18,491festin#18,484Gandhi#18,493gilets#18,495

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

frisson9 variantsguérit9 variantsheurté9 variantsinvoque9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list