Forsee or foresee?
Did you mean foresee? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: foresee. Misspelling: forsee.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Fore (before) + see: to see something before it happens.
Why people write “forsee”
The misspelling “forsee” is only one letter off: it leaves out the E.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make foresee automatic.
Other misspellings of “foresee”
People also write “forsea”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“forsea”
Correct spelling: foresee. Misspelling: forsea.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
“forsea” differs from “foresee” in 2 places: it leaves out the E; and it writes A where foresee has E.
What does “foresee” mean?
foresee verb
- realize beforehand
Synonyms:anticipatepreviseforeknow
- picture to oneself; imagine possible
“I cannot envision him as President”
Synonyms:envision
- act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Synonyms:anticipateforestallcounter
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Foresee” in a sentence
- Nobody could foresee the problem.
- I cannot envision him as President.
Is “foresee” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 10 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“forsee” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from FORESEE.