forget-me-not
/fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/
"forget-me-not" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forget-me-not” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forget-me-not |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “forget-me-not” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
forget-me-not is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for forget-me-not in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht. The correct English form is forget-me-not, spelled F-O-R-G-E-T---M-E---N-O-T.
Definition
- 1Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
- 2Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum
- 3A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.
- 4Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.
Etymology
Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “forget-me-not”
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- The one correct English spelling is F-O-R-G-E-T---M-E---N-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.