forbidding
The verdict
“forbidding” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent du verbe to forbid.
Corpus desk
Index FR-forbidding · forbidding · French
forbidding · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forbidding |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « forbidding » en français
Rare enough to double-check
forbidding is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent du verbe to forbid.".
Zero misspellings are on record for forbidding in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 forbidding, spelled F-O-R-B-I-D-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Participe présent du verbe to forbid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how forbidding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The most plausible explanations are that Cromwell had shown himself too favourable to religious reformers, forbidding ‘idolatry’ in the form of statues and the cult of saints, pushing the provision of English bibles, and favouring alliance with Lutheran states.
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.