# forever

> English word · Adverb · IPA /fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #1,861

## Definitions
1. For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
2. For a very long time, a seeming eternity.
3. Constantly or frequently.

## Etymology
Univerbation of for ever, from Middle English for ever, for evere. By surface analysis, for + ever. First attested in the late 14c., and first attested in the late 17c. as one word. Noun first attested in 1858.

## Easily confused with
- **freer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forever-vs-freer)
- **former** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forever-vs-former)
- **Forster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forever-vs-forster)
- **fever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fever-vs-forever)
- **foresee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foresee-vs-forever)
- **forester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forester-vs-forever)

## Common misspellings (10)
`fforever`, `foerver`, `foreevr`, `foreverr`, `forevre`, `forevver`, `forrever`, `forveer`, `froever`, `ofrever`

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