# foreshadowing

> English word · Noun · IPA /(ˌ)fɔːˈʃædəʊɪŋ/ · frequency rank #38,845

## Definitions
1. Synonym of foreshadow (“a suggestion of something in advance”); specifically (usually uncountable, literature, narratology), a literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.

## Etymology
From foreshadow (verb) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; or forming present participles of verbs).

## Common misspellings (20)
`fforeshadowing`, `foershadowing`, `forehsadowing`, `foresahdowing`, `foreshaddowing`, `foreshadoiwng`, `foreshadowign`, `foreshadowingg`, `foreshadowinng`, `foreshadownig`, `foreshadowwing`, `foreshadwoing`, `foreshaodwing`, `foreshdaowing`, `foreshhadowing`, `foresshadowing`, `forreshadowing`, `forsehadowing`, `froeshadowing`, `ofreshadowing`

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