forman

\ˈfoɾ.man\

/\ˈfoɾ.man\/ verb

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The verdict

“forman” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,346. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,346
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de formar.

Corpus desk

Index FR-forman · forman · French

forman · rank #47,346 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,346
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fléchi

Nearest frequency peer: fléchi (-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 « forman »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « forman » 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).

forman vs forme
67% similar
forman vs forza
67% similar
forman vs formes
67% similar

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

Key facts for forman
PropertyValue
Headwordforman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈfoɾ.man\
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,346
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « forman »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).formanse 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 « fléchi » (#47,345), « fortifiés » (#47,347), « fioritures » (#47,344). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « forman » est au #47,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around forman (IPA \ˈfoɾ.man\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,346 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de formar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for forman, with forms such as "fforman", "fomran", and "foramn". 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", "forza", "formes", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is forman, spelled F-O-R-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de formar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforman
  • fomran
  • foramn
  • formann
  • formman
  • formna
  • forrman
  • froman
  • ofrman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fforman1fomran2foramn2formann1formman1formna2forrman1froman2
Edit distance from "forman"

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 "forman"?
"forman" is spelled F-O-R-M-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈfoɾ.man\.
What does "forman" mean?
As a verb, "forman" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de formar.
What words are commonly confused with "forman"?
"forman" is commonly confused with "forme", "forza", "formes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "forman"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forman" is \ˈfoɾ.man\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forman" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fléchi#47,345geôles#47,356exigez#47,327Guizot#47,365

Similar misspelling depth

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

façonnée9 variantsgrillon9 variantsHoratio9 variantshornet9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list