forbidden

\fəˈbɪd.ən\

/\fəˈbɪd.ən\/ verb

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The verdict

“forbidden” is uncommon French (frequency #80,226 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,226
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé de forbid.

Corpus desk

Index FR-forbidden · forbidden · French

forbidden · rank #80,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,226
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH forgotten

Nearest frequency peer: forgotten (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « forbidden »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « forbidden » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for forbidden
PropertyValue
Headwordforbidden
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fəˈbɪd.ən\
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,226
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « forbidden » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.forbiddentombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « forgotten » (#80,227), « fongiques » (#80,224), « foulent » (#80,228). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « forbidden » est au #80,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

forbidden is uncommon French at frequency #80,226 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fəˈbɪd.ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé de forbid.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for forbidden, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is forbidden, spelled F-O-R-B-I-D-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé de forbid.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "forbidden"?
"forbidden" is spelled F-O-R-B-I-D-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \fəˈbɪd.ən\.
What does "forbidden" mean?
As a verb, "forbidden" means: Participe passé de forbid.
How do you pronounce "forbidden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forbidden" is \fəˈbɪd.ən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forbidden" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

forgotten#80,227fongiques#80,224Fleischer#80,215gentillet#80,244

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list