foram

//ˈfo.ɾã// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#97

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

foram is aPortugueseverb. It means: terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ser Pronounced /ˈfo.ɾã/. It ranks #97 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with foro and fort.

Key facts for foram
PropertyValue
Headwordforam
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈfo.ɾã/
Letters5
Frequency rank#97
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of foram in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for foram is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfo.ɾã/. Corpus data places it at rank #97 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for foram, with forms such as "fforam", "foarm", and "foramm". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "foro", "fort", "Form", 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is foram, spelled F-O-R-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ser
  2. 2
    terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito mais-que-perfeito do indicativo do verbo ser
  3. 3
    terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ir
  4. 4
    terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito mais-que-perfeito do indicativo do verbo ir

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fforam,foarm,foramm,forma,forram,froam,ofram

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for foram

Misspelling Variants of "foram"

fforam6foarm5foramm6forma5forram6froam5ofram5
Misspelling Variants of "foram"

Frequency rank: #97 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "foram"?
"foram" is spelled F-O-R-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfo.ɾã/.
What does "foram" mean?
As a verb, "foram" means: terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ser
What words are commonly confused with "foram"?
"foram" is commonly confused with "foro", "fort", "Form". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "foram"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "foram" is /ˈfo.ɾã/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "foram" come from?
"foram" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.