fort

\fɔʁ\

/\fɔʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“fort” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #380. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#380
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Costaud, robuste, vigoureux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fort · fort · French

fort · rank #380 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #380
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Europe

Nearest frequency peer: Europe (-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 « fort »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fort » 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).

fort vs ft
50% similar
fort vs fou
50% similar
fort vs fût
50% similar

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

Key facts for fort
PropertyValue
Headwordfort
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fɔʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#380
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fort »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fortse 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 « Europe » (#379), « I » (#381), « chef » (#378). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fort » est au #380. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around fort (IPA \fɔʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #380 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 20 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fort, with forms such as "ffort", "forrt", and "fortt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ft", "fou", "fût", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fort, spelled F-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Costaud, robuste, vigoureux.
  2. 2
    Qui est puissant.
  3. 3
    Solide.
  4. 4
    Capable, habile, expérimenté.
  5. 5
    Gros.
  6. 6
    Intense, qui fait une vive impression sur le goût et sur l’odorat, la vue…
  7. 7
    Qui est impétueux, violent, énergique.
  8. 8
    Qui est important ou considérable.
  9. 9
    Qui est courageux, magnanime, ferme.
  10. 10
    Qui est gros et épais de matière, capable de porter un poids ou de résister à un choc.
  11. 11
    Qui est en état de résister aux attaques de l’ennemi.
  12. 12
    Nombreux.
  13. 13
    Rude, difficile, pénible.
  14. 14
    Considérable dans son genre et supérieur à une certaine valeur.
  15. 15
    La musique se divise en temps faibles et en temps forts.
  16. 16
    Qui est bien fondé, qui est appuyé sur de bons principes.
  17. 17
    Par comparaison du plus au moins,
  18. 18
    Il se dit également des expressions, du style, etc., lorsqu’ils joignent l’énergie à la justesse et qu’ils sont capables de frapper, d’entraîner.
  19. 19
    Raisonneur, indiscipliné ou obstiné.
  20. 20
    Se construit souvent avec la préposition « en » ou « de » suivie d’un nom qui indique le genre de force, la cause, la qualité, les ressources, etc., qui rendent fort.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est une phrase surutilisée du penseur allemand Friedrich Nietzsche: «Ce qui ne me tue pas me rend plus fort.»
  2. Être fort comme un roc.

Antonyms

faible

This word in other languages

strong(English)fuerte(Español)stark(Deutsch)forte(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffort
  • forrt
  • fortt
  • fotr
  • frot
  • ofrt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffort1forrt1fortt1fotr2frot2ofrt2
Edit distance from "fort"

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 "fort"?
"fort" is spelled F-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ\.
What does "fort" mean?
As an adjective, "fort" means: Costaud, robuste, vigoureux.
What words are commonly confused with "fort"?
"fort" is commonly confused with "ft", "fou", "fût". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fort" is \fɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fort" come from?
"fort" 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 "fort", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chef#378tard#383main#385haut#372

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

plan6 variantsfilm6 variantstype6 variantsêtes6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list