forsyth
The verdict
“forsyth” is uncommon French (frequency #79,327 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,327
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arme à feu disposant d’un système de percussion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forsyth |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “forsyth” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
forsyth is uncommon French at frequency #79,327 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arme à feu disposant d’un système de percussion.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for forsyth, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is forsyth, spelled F-O-R-S-Y-T-H.
Definition
- 1Arme à feu disposant d’un système de percussion.
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.
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Using “forsyth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-R-S-Y-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.