# forgo

> English word · Verb · IPA /fɔːˈɡəʊ/ · frequency rank #29,282

## Definitions
1. To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
2. To refrain from, to abstain from.

## Etymology
From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- + go.

## Easily confused with
- **fro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgo-vs-fro)
- **form** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgo-vs-form)
- **fort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgo-vs-fort)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgo-vs-fork)
- **forms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgo-vs-forms)
- **forth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgo-vs-forth)
- **forum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgo-vs-forum)
- **forty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgo-vs-forty)
- **forte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgo-vs-forte)
- **forgot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forgo-vs-forgot)
- **for** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/for-vs-forgo)
- **fog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fog-vs-forgo)
- **foo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foo-vs-forgo)
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ford-vs-forgo)
- **fong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fong-vs-forgo)
- **fora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fora-vs-forgo)
- **faro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faro-vs-forgo)
- **FOMO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fomo-vs-forgo)
- **force** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/force-vs-forgo)
- **forge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forge-vs-forgo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`fforgo`, `fogro`, `forggo`, `forog`, `forrgo`, `frogo`, `ofrgo`

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