forgo
/fɔːˈɡəʊ/
"forgo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forgo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,282. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,282
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-forgo · forgo · English
forgo · rank #29,282 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,282
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH forerunner
Nearest frequency peer: forerunner (-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 “forgo”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- footpath
footpath
70,722 corpus weight
- Fordham
Fordham
70,721 corpus weight
- forerunner
forerunner
70,720 corpus weight
- forgo
forgo
70,719 corpus weight
- Foxx
Foxx
70,718 corpus weight
- freer
freer
70,717 corpus weight
What this shows “forgo” 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 | forgo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fɔːˈɡəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “forgo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around forgo (IPA /fɔːˈɡəʊ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,282 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for forgo, with forms such as "fforgo", "fogro", and "forggo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fro", "form", "fort", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- + go. The correct English form is forgo, spelled F-O-R-G-O.
Definition
- 1To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
- 2To refrain from, to abstain from.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how forgo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I've had to forgo my student discount in exchange for taking the job.
Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the average speed of all trains on the line concerned.
Etymology
From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- + go.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforgo
- fogro
- forggo
- forog
- forrgo
- frogo
- ofrgo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forgo - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).