force-feed
"force-feed" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“force-feed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To force a person or animal to ingest food, for example by stuffing food down the throat, or using a tube passed into the stomach.
Corpus desk
Index EN-force-feed · force-feed · English
force-feed · 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
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | force-feed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “force-feed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
force-feed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
force-feed has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is force-feed, spelled F-O-R-C-E---F-E-E-D.
Definition
- 1To force a person or animal to ingest food, for example by stuffing food down the throat, or using a tube passed into the stomach.
- 2More broadly, also referring to forcing the drinking of a beverage or other liquid
- 3To force someone to take in information or accept an ideology.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how force-feed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They were ordered to force-feed the prisoners on hunger strike.
Mr and Mrs Rakmil, are rocking him back and forth on the carpet while Mrs Brody Nina's mother is trying to forcefeed him with another beer bottle.
This word in other languages
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.