fortin

\fɔʁ.tɛ̃\

/\fɔʁ.tɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“fortin” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,147. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,147
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit fort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fortin · fortin · French

fortin · rank #20,147 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,147
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH forcées

Nearest frequency peer: forcées (-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 « fortin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fortin » 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).

fortin vs forts
67% similar
fortin vs frein
67% similar
fortin vs furtif
67% similar

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

Key facts for fortin
PropertyValue
Headwordfortin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔʁ.tɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,147
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fortin »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fortinse 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 « forcées » (#20,146), « freine » (#20,148), « fonctionnels » (#20,145). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fortin » est au #20,147. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fortin (IPA \fɔʁ.tɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,147 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Petit fort.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fortin, with forms such as "ffortin", "foritn", and "forrtin". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "forts", "frein", "furtif", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fortin, spelled F-O-R-T-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit fort.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] et d’ailleurs rien ne serait plus facile que de protéger ces passages par quelques fortins préparés à l’avance.
  2. À midi, on dépassait le fort abandonné de Tapalquem, premier anneau de cette chaîne de fortins tendue sur la lisière du sud contre les indigènes pillards.

This word in other languages

pillbox(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffortin
  • foritn
  • forrtin
  • fortinn
  • fortni
  • forttin
  • fotrin
  • frotin
  • ofrtin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fortin - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffortin1foritn2forrtin1fortinn1fortni2forttin1fotrin2frotin2
Edit distance from "fortin"

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 "fortin"?
"fortin" is spelled F-O-R-T-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.tɛ̃\.
What does "fortin" mean?
As a noun, "fortin" means: Petit fort.
What words are commonly confused with "fortin"?
"fortin" is commonly confused with "forts", "frein", "furtif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fortin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fortin" is \fɔʁ.tɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fortin" come from?
"fortin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fortin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

freine#20,148flyers#20,144gérées#20,153hélice#20,161

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

exergue9 variantsespionne9 variantsdicter9 variantslouable9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list