forgiving
"forgiving" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forgiving” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,172
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inclined to forgive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-forgiving · forgiving · English
forgiving · rank #15,172 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,172
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH folklore
Nearest frequency peer: folklore (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “forgiving”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- fisherman
fisherman
84,832 corpus weight
- flap
flap
84,831 corpus weight
- folklore
folklore
84,830 corpus weight
- forgiving
forgiving
84,829 corpus weight
- fractured
fractured
84,828 corpus weight
- galactic
galactic
84,827 corpus weight
What this shows “forgiving” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forgiving |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #15,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “forgiving”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around forgiving, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,172 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for forgiving, with forms such as "fforgiving", "fogriving", and "forggiving". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "forging", "forgiven", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is forgiving, spelled F-O-R-G-I-V-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Inclined to forgive.
- 2User-friendly, such that harmful mistakes are not easily made.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how forgiving appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I am inclined to take a forgiving attitude, since this is his first offence.
A good WebApp interface is understandable and forgiving, providing the user with a sense of control. […] Work is carefully and continuously saved, with full option for the user to undo any activity at any time.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforgiving
- fogriving
- forggiving
- forgiivng
- forgivign
- forgivingg
- forgivinng
- forgivnig
- forgivving
- forgviing
- forigving
- forrgiving
- frogiving
- ofrgiving
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forgiving - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "forgiving", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).