foreboding
\fɔːˈbəʊd.ɪŋ\
The verdict
“foreboding” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Mauvais pressentiment, impression de danger, de menace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-foreboding · foreboding · French
foreboding · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | foreboding |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔːˈbəʊd.ɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « foreboding » en français
Rare enough to double-check
foreboding is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔːˈbəʊd.ɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
foreboding doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is foreboding, spelled F-O-R-E-B-O-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Mauvais pressentiment, impression de danger, de menace.
- 2Mauvais augure, mauvais présage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how foreboding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have a strange sense of foreboding since yesterday, and I don't know why.
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.