# forged

> English word · Adjective · IPA /fɔːd͡ʒd/ · frequency rank #10,849

## Definitions
1. Fake (as documents); falsified.
2. Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal

## Easily confused with
- **Fred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-fred)
- **fried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-fried)
- **freed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-freed)
- **forte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-forte)
- **forgo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-forgo)
- **former** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-former)
- **forget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-forget)
- **formed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-formed)
- **forgot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-forgot)
- **fouled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-fouled)
- **forked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-forked)
- **forgery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forged-vs-forgery)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ford-vs-forged)
- **force** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/force-vs-forged)
- **fired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-forged)
- **forge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forge-vs-forged)
- **forex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forex-vs-forged)
- **forces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forces-vs-forged)
- **forced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-forged)
- **Forbes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forged)

## Common misspellings (9)
`fforged`, `fogred`, `foregd`, `forgde`, `forgedd`, `forgged`, `forrged`, `froged`, `ofrged`

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