spelling forty

The correct spelling is forty. Some may believe that in UK English it is spelt yquot;fourtyforty ...Why is 40 spelled forty and not fourty - trivia question /questions answer / 20 Jun 2006 ... My colleague and I remember learning to spell it y#39;fourtyy#39; - about 40 years ago at ... I am a good speller but I just have a mind block about the word.I was curious to know how the difference in spelling between four, fourteen and Despite being related to the word yquot;fouryquot; (4), 40 is spelled yquot;fortyyquot;, and not yquot;fourtyyquot;. 16 Mar 2011 ... Forty is the correct spelling of the number 40. Fourty is a surprisingly common 24 May 2011 ... As early as the 1600s, the OED cites spellings with yquot;oyquot; instead of yquot;ouyquot;. One 2 Oct 2007 ... Just do a google for Fourty forty before you read, just to let you know that most of