Which to use
“forment” and “formeront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,149
- “forment” frequency rank
- #35,045
- “formeront” frequency rank
- 39194
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | forment | formeront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de former. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de former. |
Where the eye mixes forment and formeront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. forment runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against formeront's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses forment with formeront
A purely visual mix-up. forment (\fɔʁm\) and formeront (\fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
forment is recorded at frequency rank #4,149, classified as averb, pronounced \fɔʁm\. formeront is at rank #35,045, tagged as averb, pronounced \fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 39194, this pair ranks #249,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of forment vs formeront
Shared letters: efmnort. Private to "forment": -. Private to "formeront": -.
"forment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "formeront" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "forment" for "formeront" ever safe?
Frequency check: "forment" vs "formeront" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "forment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "formeront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "forment" and "formeront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forgerons vs formeront". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #249,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.