forsook

/fɔɹˈsʊk/

//fɔɹˈsʊk// verb

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"forsook" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“forsook” is uncommon English (frequency #90,455 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,455
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of forsake

Corpus desk

Index EN-forsook · forsook · English

forsook · rank #90,455 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,455
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH forager

Nearest frequency peer: forager (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “forsook”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “forsook” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for forsook
PropertyValue
Headwordforsook
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fɔɹˈsʊk/
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,455
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “forsook” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).forsookfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “forager” (#90,454), “foon” (#90,453), “Frannie” (#90,457). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “forsook” is #90,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

forsook is uncommon English at frequency #90,455 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /fɔɹˈsʊk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past of forsake".

forsook has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is forsook, spelled F-O-R-S-O-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past of forsake

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "forsook"?
"forsook" is spelled F-O-R-S-O-O-K. The IPA pronunciation is /fɔɹˈsʊk/.
What does "forsook" mean?
As a verb, "forsook" means: simple past of forsake
How do you pronounce "forsook"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forsook" is /fɔɹˈsʊk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forsook" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "forsook", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

forager#90,454Frannie#90,457Garside#90,471Gaughan#90,472

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list