forgotten
/fəˈɡɒt.n̩/
"forgotten" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forgotten” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,624. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,624
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.
Corpus desk
Index EN-forgotten · forgotten · English
forgotten · rank #3,624 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,624
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH enemies
Nearest frequency peer: enemies (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “forgotten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- downtown
downtown
96,380 corpus weight
- elite
elite
96,379 corpus weight
- enemies
enemies
96,378 corpus weight
- forgotten
forgotten
96,377 corpus weight
- forth
forth
96,376 corpus weight
- gods
gods
96,375 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “forgotten” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forgotten |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fəˈɡɒt.n̩/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “forgotten” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around forgotten (IPA /fəˈɡɒt.n̩/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,624 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for forgotten, with forms such as "fforgotten", "fogrotten", and "forggotten". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Morphologically forgot + -en. The correct English form is forgotten, spelled F-O-R-G-O-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.
Etymology
Morphologically forgot + -en.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fforgotten
- fogrotten
- forggotten
- forgoten
- forgotetn
- forgottenn
- forgottne
- forgtoten
- forogtten
- forrgotten
- frogotten
- ofrgotten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forgotten - 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 "forgotten", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,624 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.