forum

\fɔ.ʁɔm\

/\fɔ.ʁɔm\/ noun

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The verdict

“forum” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,198. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,198
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Place publique où les citoyens romains se réunissaient pour marchander, traiter d’affaires politiques ou économiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-forum · forum · French

forum · rank #3,198 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,198
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH folie

Nearest frequency peer: folie (-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 « forum »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « forum » 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).

forum vs fou
60% similar
forum vs fous
60% similar
forum vs fout
60% similar

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

Key facts for forum
PropertyValue
Headwordforum
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔ.ʁɔm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,198
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « forum »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).forumse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « folie » (#3,197), « féminin » (#3,199), « fins » (#3,196). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « forum » est au #3,198. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around forum (IPA \fɔ.ʁɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,198 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for forum, with forms such as "fforum", "formu", and "forrum". 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, "fou", "fous", "fout", 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 forum, spelled F-O-R-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Place publique où les citoyens romains se réunissaient pour marchander, traiter d’affaires politiques ou économiques.
  2. 2
    Lieu où se discutent les affaires publiques.
  3. 3
    Service permettant discussions et échanges sur un thème donné où chaque utilisateur peut lire à tout moment les interventions de tous les autres et apporter sa propre contribution sous forme d’articles.
  4. 4
    Service permettant discussions et échanges sur un thème donné.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un amphithéâtre aux gradins récemment déblayés, un forum silencieux, des voies désertes, tout un squelette de grande cité défunte, toute la gloire triomphante des Césars vaincue par le temps et résorbée par les entrailles jalouses de cette terre d’Afrique qui dévore lentement, mais sûrement, toutes les civilisations étrangères ou hostiles à son âme…
  2. Dès son investiture, son premier souci fut d’organiser un forum pour la réconciliation nationale en octobre et décembre 2001, mais les résultats furent diversement interprétés par les Ivoiriens.

Synonyms

clavardoir

This word in other languages

newsgroup(English)foro(Español)Forum(Deutsch)foro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforum
  • formu
  • forrum
  • forumm
  • fourm
  • froum
  • ofrum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

fforum1formu2forrum1forumm1fourm2froum2ofrum2
Edit distance from "forum"

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 "forum"?
"forum" is spelled F-O-R-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.ʁɔm\.
What does "forum" mean?
As a noun, "forum" means: Place publique où les citoyens romains se réunissaient pour marchander, traiter d’affaires politiques ou économiques.
What words are commonly confused with "forum"?
"forum" is commonly confused with "fou", "fous", "fout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "forum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forum" is \fɔ.ʁɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forum" come from?
"forum" 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 "forum", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

folie#3,197crème#3,191aimez#3,179trump#3,173

Similar misspelling depth

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

oreille7 variantsassuré7 variantsRennes7 variantsrefus7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list