forgab

verb

"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.

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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

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Key facts for forgab
PropertyValue
Headwordforgab
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “forgab” in English

forgabsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    To 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "forgab"?
"forgab" is spelled F-O-R-G-A-B.
What does "forgab" mean?
As a verb, "forgab" means: To mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.
What is the origin of the word "forgab"?
From Middle English forgabben (“to mock”), equivalent to for- (“destructively, harmfully”) + gab. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list