Forster

name

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The verdict

“Forster” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,349
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-forster · Forster · French

Forster · rank #42,349 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,349
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH forets

Nearest frequency peer: forets (-2 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 « Forster »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Forster » 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).

Forster vs forte
57% similar
Forster vs fortes
57% similar
Forster vs foster
71% similar

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

Key facts for Forster
PropertyValue
HeadwordForster
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,349
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Forster »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Forsterse 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 « forets » (#42,347), « forer » (#42,346), « fluorescence » (#42,345). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « Forster » est au #42,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Forster, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,349 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Forster, with forms such as "fforster", "forrster", and "forsetr". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "forte", "fortes", "foster", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Forster, spelled F-O-R-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le cabinet d’architecture Forster + Partners a dévoilé son concept de « vertiport », un aéroport pour taxis volants, pour Dubaï (Émirats arabes unis), rapporte CNN.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforster
  • forrster
  • forsetr
  • forsster
  • forsterr
  • forstre
  • forstter
  • fortser
  • fosrter
  • froster
  • ofrster

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fforster1forrster1forsetr2forsster1forsterr1forstre2forstter1fortser2
Edit distance from "Forster"

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 "Forster"?
"Forster" is spelled F-O-R-S-T-E-R.
What does "Forster" mean?
As a proper noun, "Forster" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Forster"?
"Forster" is commonly confused with "forte", "fortes", "foster". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Forster" come from?
"Forster" 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 "Forster", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

frigide#42,353Fénelon#42,355geôlier#42,360gondole#42,364

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list