forbearing
"forbearing" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forbearing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forbearance; restraint
Corpus desk
Index EN-forbearing · forbearing · English
forbearing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forbearing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “forbearing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
forbearing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "forbearance; restraint".
No misspelling variants are generated for forbearing in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English forbering, forberyng, vorberinge, equivalent to forbear + -ing. The correct English form is forbearing, spelled F-O-R-B-E-A-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1forbearance; restraint
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how forbearing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"As God's forbearing to create more worlds than he has, is no impeachment of his omnipotence: so his forbearing to save as many as he might, is no impeachment of his infinite mercy."
Etymology
From Middle English forbering, forberyng, vorberinge, equivalent to forbear + -ing.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.