forth
\fɔːθ\
The verdict
“forth” is uncommon French (frequency #72,339 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,339
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Loin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-forth · forth · French
forth · rank #72,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,339
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fouines
Nearest frequency peer: fouines (+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 « forth »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- floating
floating
27,666 corpus weight
- forth
forth
27,662 corpus weight
- fouines
fouines
27,661 corpus weight
- fracassée
fracassée
27,660 corpus weight
- franciser
franciser
27,659 corpus weight
- friande
friande
27,657 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « forth » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forth |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \fɔːθ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « forth » en français
Rare enough to double-check
forth is uncommon French at frequency #72,339 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \fɔːθ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
forth has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is forth, spelled F-O-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1Loin.
- 2En avant.
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 "forth"?
What does "forth" mean?
How do you pronounce "forth"?
What language does "forth" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "forth", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).