# forgot vs fought

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### fought
*verb · IPA /fɔːt/ · frequency rank #3,060*
simple past and past participle of fight

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