forsyth
The verdict
“forsyth” is uncommon French (frequency #79,327 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,327
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arme à feu disposant d’un système de percussion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-forsyth · forsyth · French
forsyth · rank #79,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,327
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH forniquer
Nearest frequency peer: forniquer (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « forsyth »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- follows
follows
20,677 corpus weight
- footix
footix
20,676 corpus weight
- forniquer
forniquer
20,675 corpus weight
- forsyth
forsyth
20,674 corpus weight
- fossilisés
fossilisés
20,673 corpus weight
- foudroie
foudroie
20,672 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « forsyth » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « forsyth » en français
Rare enough to double-check
forsyth is uncommon French at frequency #79,327 among 3,276 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how forsyth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] un fusil de chasse, un forsyth à percussion digne d’une battue royale, que son père se hâta de lui prendre des mains pour le soupeser et le caresser avec envie […]
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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