formons

\fɔʁ.mɔ̃\

/\fɔʁ.mɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“formons” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,099. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,099
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-formons · formons · French

formons · rank #34,099 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,099
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fontana

Nearest frequency peer: fontana (-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 « formons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « formons » 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).

formons vs fourgons
75% similar
formons vs formes
71% similar
formons vs ferons
71% similar

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

Key facts for formons
PropertyValue
Headwordformons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɔʁ.mɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,099
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « formons »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.formonsse 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 « fontana » (#34,098), « frémir » (#34,100), « finirai » (#34,096). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « formons » est au #34,099. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around formons (IPA \fɔʁ.mɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,099 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for formons, with forms such as "fformons", "fomrons", and "formmons". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "fourgons", "formes", "ferons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is formons, spelled F-O-R-M-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de former.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de former.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fformons
  • fomrons
  • formmons
  • formnos
  • formonns
  • formonss
  • formosn
  • foromns
  • forrmons
  • fromons
  • ofrmons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fformons1fomrons2formmons1formnos2formonns1formonss1formosn2foromns2
Edit distance from "formons"

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 "formons"?
"formons" is spelled F-O-R-M-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.mɔ̃\.
What does "formons" mean?
As a verb, "formons" means: Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de former.
What words are commonly confused with "formons"?
"formons" is commonly confused with "fourgons", "formes", "ferons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "formons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "formons" is \fɔʁ.mɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "formons" come from?
"formons" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fontana#34,098finirai#34,096ferrare#34,094Everett#34,090

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

entropie11 variantsentonnoir11 variantsdécerne11 variantsjouvence11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list