# forget vs formen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### forget
*verb · IPA [fəˈɡɛt] · frequency rank #39,935*
vergessen

### formen
*verb · IPA [ˈfɔʁmən] · frequency rank #2,294*
etwas eine Form oder Gestalt geben

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/forget-vs-formen