# forgiving

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #15,172

## Definitions
1. Inclined to forgive.
2. User-friendly, such that harmful mistakes are not easily made.

## Easily confused with
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forging-vs-forgiving)
- **forgiven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgiven-vs-forgiving)

## Common misspellings (14)
`fforgiving`, `fogriving`, `forggiving`, `forgiivng`, `forgivign`, `forgivingg`, `forgivinng`, `forgivnig`, `forgivving`, `forgviing`, `forigving`, `forrgiving`, `frogiving`, `ofrgiving`

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