Confusables Entry 407 / 1011 60-second read

Foreword vs. Forward

An opening note versus a direction.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

The book’s forward was written by a Nobel laureate.

✓ Correct

The book’s foreword was written by a Nobel laureate.

The ruleii

FOREWORD = book preface. FORWARD = direction.

FOREWORD breaks into FORE + WORD — "words before." FORWARD means toward the front.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

A FOREWORD contains WORDS.

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