foram vs fores, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“foram” and “fores” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#97
“foram” frequency rank: #24,651
“fores” frequency rank: 24748
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	foram	fores
Definition	terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ser	segunda pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo ir;

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set foram and fores apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

foram

5 ch

fores

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. foram (/ˈfo.ɾã/) and fores (/ˈfo.ɾes/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

foram is recorded at frequency rank #97, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈfo.ɾã/. fores is at rank #24,651, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfo.ɾes/.

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 24748, this pair ranks #44,775 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of foram vs fores

Shared letters: for. Private to "foram": am. Private to "fores": es.

"foram" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "fores" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

foram ← fforam · foarm · foramm · forma · forram · froam · ofram
fores ← ffores · foers · foress · forres · forse · froes · ofres

Frequency comparison

foram#97

fores#24,651

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "foram" and "fores" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ˈfo.ɾã/ versus /ˈfo.ɾes/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "foram" or "fores"?

"foram" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #97 in our Portuguese list, against #24,651 for "fores". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering foram vs fores

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