# forbade vs forbid

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### forbade
*verb · IPA /fə(ɹ)ˈbæd/ · frequency rank #27,840*
simple past of forbid

### forbid
*verb · IPA /fɚˈbɪd/ · frequency rank #11,890*
To disallow; to proscribe.

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