fork

\fɔʁk\

/\fɔʁk\/ noun

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The verdict

“fork” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,769. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,769
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appel système du système UNIX qui duplique un processus existant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fork · fork · French

fork · rank #46,769 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,769
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fog

Nearest frequency peer: fog (-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 « fork »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fork » 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).

fork vs fou
50% similar
fork vs fox
50% similar
fork vs fra
50% similar

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

Key facts for fork
PropertyValue
Headwordfork
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔʁk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#46,769
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fork »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.forkse 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 « fog » (#46,768), « fornication » (#46,770), « focal » (#46,767). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fork » est au #46,769. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around fork (IPA \fɔʁk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,769 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fork, with forms such as "ffork", "fokr", and "forkk". 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, "fou", "fox", "fra", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fork, spelled F-O-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Appel système du système UNIX qui duplique un processus existant.
  2. 2
    Par analogie avec la fonction précédente transposée à la gestion de projet, projet ou logiciel issu d’une scission d’un projet initial unique, et qui partage avec lui une part de son code source.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. LibreOffice est un fork d’OpenOffice.org.

Synonyms

bifurcationramificationscission

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffork
  • fokr
  • forkk
  • forrk
  • frok
  • ofrk

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fork - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffork1fokr2forkk1forrk1frok2ofrk2
Edit distance from "fork"

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 "fork"?
"fork" is spelled F-O-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁk\.
What does "fork" mean?
As a noun, "fork" means: Appel système du système UNIX qui duplique un processus existant.
What words are commonly confused with "fork"?
"fork" is commonly confused with "fou", "fox", "fra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fork"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fork" is \fɔʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fork" come from?
"fork" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fila#46,763fuse#46,778GAFA#46,780gets#46,785

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

gallon6 variantsfault6 variantsGilly6 variantsgimp6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list