# Forbes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /fɔɹbz/ · frequency rank #9,470

## Definitions
1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A unisex given name from Scottish Gaelic.
3. A ghost town in California.
4. A township and village in Holt County, Missouri, named after John Murray Forbes.
5. A minor city in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States.
6. A neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
7. A town and local government area (Forbes Shire) in central-west New South Wales, Australia.
8. A locality in the Shire of Mitchell, central Victoria, Australia.

## Easily confused with
- **force** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-force)
- **forms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forms)
- **fries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-fries)
- **forge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forge)
- **forex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forex)
- **forte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forte)
- **frees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-frees)
- **former** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-former)
- **forget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forget)
- **forces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forces)
- **forced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forced)
- **forest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forest)
- **formed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-formed)
- **forged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forged)
- **forbid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forbid)
- **forked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forked)
- **Forrest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forrest)
- **forties** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forties)
- **forceps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forceps)
- **foes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foes-vs-forbes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`fforbes`, `fobres`, `forbbes`, `forbess`, `forbse`, `forebs`, `forrbes`, `frobes`, `ofrbes`

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