# foreboding

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #37,462

## Definitions
1. A sense of evil to come.
2. An evil omen.

## Etymology
From Middle English forbodyng, vorboding, equivalent to fore- + bode + -ing. Compare German Vorbote (“harbinger, omen”).

## Easily confused with
- **foregoing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foreboding-vs-foregoing)

## Common misspellings (15)
`fforeboding`, `foerboding`, `forbeoding`, `forebboding`, `forebdoing`, `forebodding`, `forebodign`, `forebodingg`, `forebodinng`, `forebodnig`, `foreboidng`, `foreobding`, `forreboding`, `froeboding`, `ofreboding`

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