early vs fore

early

adj
  • Near the start or beginning. 

  • Near the start of the day. 

  • Having begun to occur; in its early stages. 

  • At a time in advance of the usual or expected event. 

  • Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time. 

  • Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun. 

adv
  • At a time before expected; sooner than usual. 

  • Soon; in good time; seasonably. 

noun
  • A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day. 

fore

adj
  • Forward; situated towards the front (of something). 

adv
  • In or towards the bows of a ship. 

  • In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc. 

noun
  • The front; the forward part of something; the foreground. 

intj
  • An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction. 

How often have the words early and fore occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )