# forbade vs forsake

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### forsake
*verb · IPA /fɔːˈseɪk/ · frequency rank #32,404*
To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).

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