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Fourty or forty?

Did you mean forty? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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Correct spelling: forty. Misspelling: fourty.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Four loses its U in forty, although fourteen keeps it.

Why people write “fourty”

The misspelling “fourty” is only one letter off: it adds an extra vowel, U.

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 forty automatic.

What does “forty” mean?

forty noun

  1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

    Synonyms:xl

forty adjective

  1. being ten more than thirty

    Synonyms:xltwoscore

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Forty” in a sentence

  • He turned forty last week.

Is “forty” a playable word?

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11 points in Scrabble · 10 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“fourty” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from FORTY.

Forty: quick answers

Is it fourty or forty?
The correct spelling is forty. “fourty” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell forty?
Four loses its U in forty, although fourteen keeps it.
What does forty mean?
Forty means: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four.