God forbid
"god-forbid" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“God forbid” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | God forbid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “God forbid” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for God forbid is 10 letters long, classified as an interjection. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable".
God forbid has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 God forbid, spelled G-O-D- -F-O-R-B-I-D.
Definition
- 1indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “God forbid”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-D- -F-O-R-B-I-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.