forgot
/fəˈɡɒt/
"forgot" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forgot” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,347
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of forget
Corpus desk
Index EN-forgot · forgot · English
forgot · rank #2,347 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,347
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fired
Nearest frequency peer: fired (-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 “forgot”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- falls
falls
97,657 corpus weight
- false
false
97,656 corpus weight
- fired
fired
97,655 corpus weight
- forgot
forgot
97,654 corpus weight
- funding
funding
97,653 corpus weight
- identified
identified
97,652 corpus weight
What this shows “forgot” 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 | forgot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fəˈɡɒt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “forgot”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around forgot (IPA /fəˈɡɒt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,347 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for forgot, with forms such as "fforgot", "fogrot", and "forggot". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "fort", "fought", "format", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is forgot, spelled F-O-R-G-O-T.
Definition
- 1simple past of forget
- 2past participle of forget
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how forgot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pro. Thou lieſt, malignant Thing: haſt thou forgot / The fowle Witch Sycorax, who with Age and Enuy / Was grown into a hoope? haſt thou forgot her?
Sir, Lord Hailes has forgot. There is nothing in Pryor that will excite to lewdness.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforgot
- fogrot
- forggot
- forgott
- forgto
- forogt
- forrgot
- frogot
- ofrgot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forgot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "forgot", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).