force

/[fɔʁs]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,863

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

force is aGermannoun. It means: Gewalt, Kraft, Stärke Pronounced [fɔʁs]. It ranks #8,863 in German word frequency. Often confused with Form and free.

Key facts for force
PropertyValue
Headwordforce
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɔʁs]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,863
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of force in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for force is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fɔʁs]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,863 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gewalt, Kraft, Stärke".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for force, with forms such as "fforce", "focre", and "forcce". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Form", "free", "Forum", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is force, spelled F-O-R-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gewalt, Kraft, Stärke

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fforce,focre,forcce,forec,forrce,froce,ofrce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for force

Misspelling Variants of "force"

fforce6focre5forcce6forec5forrce6froce5ofrce5
Misspelling Variants of "force"

Frequency rank: #8,863 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "force"?
"force" is spelled F-O-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [fɔʁs].
What does "force" mean?
As a noun, "force" means: Gewalt, Kraft, Stärke
What words are commonly confused with "force"?
"force" is commonly confused with "Form", "free", "Forum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "force"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "force" is [fɔʁs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "force" come from?
"force" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.