forsworn
/fɔɹˈswɔɹn/adjective, verb
forsworn is an adjective meaning “Having lied under oath; perjured” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-S-W-O-R-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does forsworn mean?
adjective
- 1
Having lied under oath; perjured.
verb
- 1
past participle of forswear
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce forsworn?
- US /fɔɹˈswɔɹn/
Forsworn has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-forsworn.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-forsworn.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of forsworn
- foresworn
- forsworne
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is forsworn?
Forsworn appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).