# forced

> English word · Verb · IPA /fɔɹst/ · frequency rank #1,561

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of force

## Easily confused with
- **ford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-ford)
- **Fred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-fred)
- **fried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-fried)
- **freed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-freed)
- **forge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-forge)
- **forex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-forex)
- **forte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-forte)
- **former** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-former)
- **forget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-forget)
- **forces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-forces)
- **formed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-formed)
- **forged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-forged)
- **fouled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-fouled)
- **forked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-forked)
- **forceps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forced-vs-forceps)
- **force** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/force-vs-forced)
- **fired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fired-vs-forced)
- **faced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faced-vs-forced)
- **farce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farce-vs-forced)
- **Forbes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forbes-vs-forced)

## Common misspellings (9)
`fforced`, `focred`, `forcced`, `forcde`, `forcedd`, `forecd`, `forrced`, `froced`, `ofrced`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/forced