forte

\fɔʁ.te\

/\fɔʁ.te\/ adv

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The verdict

“forte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #942. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#942
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fort. Il se met, dans un morceau de musique, aux endroits où le son doit être renforcé. Le symbole : 𝆑.

Corpus desk

Index FR-forte · forte · French

forte · rank #942 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #942
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH explique

Nearest frequency peer: explique (-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 « forte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « forte » 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).

forte vs fout
60% similar
forte vs free
60% similar
forte vs foule
60% similar

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

Key facts for forte
PropertyValue
Headwordforte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\fɔʁ.te\
Letters5
Frequency rank#942
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « forte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.fortese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « explique » (#941), « fête » (#943), « dur » (#940). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « forte » est au #942. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around forte (IPA \fɔʁ.te\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #942 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fort. Il se met, dans un morceau de musique, aux endroits où le son doit être renforcé. Le symbole : 𝆑.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for forte, with forms such as "fforte", "foret", and "forrte". 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, "fout", "free", "foule", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 forte, spelled F-O-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fort. Il se met, dans un morceau de musique, aux endroits où le son doit être renforcé. Le symbole : 𝆑.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforte
  • foret
  • forrte
  • fortte
  • fotre
  • frote
  • ofrte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

fforte1foret2forrte1fortte1fotre2frote2ofrte2
Edit distance from "forte"

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 "forte"?
"forte" is spelled F-O-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.te\.
What does "forte" mean?
As an adverb, "forte" means: Fort. Il se met, dans un morceau de musique, aux endroits où le son doit être renforcé. Le symbole : 𝆑.
What words are commonly confused with "forte"?
"forte" is commonly confused with "fout", "free", "foule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "forte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forte" is \fɔʁ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forte" come from?
"forte" 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 "forte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

voulu#930total#927court#960morts#924

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

attaque7 variantsgrave7 variantsbande7 variantsgrosse7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list