Which to use
“faggot” is a noun and “forgot” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,406
- “faggot” frequency rank
- #2,347
- “forgot” frequency rank
- 17753
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faggot | forgot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.) | simple past of forget |
Where the eye mixes faggot and forgot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: faggot vs forgot
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: faggot is /ˈfæɡ.ət/ while forgot is /fəˈɡɒt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17753, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faggot is recorded at frequency rank #15,406, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈfæɡ.ət/. forgot is at rank #2,347, tagged as averb, pronounced /fəˈɡɒt/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 17753, this pair ranks #449,391 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of faggot vs forgot
Shared letters: fgot. Private to "faggot": a. Private to "forgot": r.
"faggot" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "forgot" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faggot" for "forgot" ever safe?
Which is more common, "faggot" or "forgot"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "faggot" and "forgot" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "faggot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "forgot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #449,391 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faggot" and "forgot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forego vs forgot". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #449,391 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.