# forego vs forgot

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### forego
*verb · IPA /fɔɹˈɡoʊ/ · frequency rank #35,297*
To precede, to go before.

### forgot
*verb · IPA /fəˈɡɒt/ · frequency rank #2,347*
simple past of forget

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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