# forging

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #19,090

## Definitions
1. The process of shaping by heating and hammering.
2. A component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering).

## Easily confused with
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forging-vs-frying)
- **forgive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forging-vs-forgive)
- **forming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forging-vs-forming)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forging-vs-fouling)
- **forking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forging-vs-forking)
- **forgiving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forging-vs-forgiving)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-forging)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faring-vs-forging)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-forging)
- **forcing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forcing-vs-forging)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-forging)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-forging)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-forging)
- **farting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-forging)
- **foaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foaming-vs-forging)
- **foraging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foraging-vs-forging)
- **flogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flogging-vs-forging)
- **foregoing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foregoing-vs-forging)

## Common misspellings (11)
`fforging`, `fogring`, `forgging`, `forgign`, `forgingg`, `forginng`, `forgnig`, `forigng`, `forrging`, `froging`, `ofrging`

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