forgab
"forgab" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forgab” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.
Corpus desk
Index EN-forgab · forgab · English
forgab · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | forgab |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “forgab” in English
Rare enough to double-check
forgab is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for forgab, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 forgabben (“to mock”), equivalent to for- (“destructively, harmfully”) + gab. The correct English form is forgab, spelled F-O-R-G-A-B.
Definition
- 1To mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.
Etymology
From Middle English forgabben (“to mock”), equivalent to for- (“destructively, harmfully”) + gab.
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.