forces
/ˈfɔɹ.sɪz/noun, verb
forces is spelled F-O-R-C-E-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 95 times per million words in written English, the 1,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, forces means “Troops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in forces?
| Letters | 6: F-O-R-C-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 95 times per million words; the 1,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is forces?
Forces appears 95 times per million words in written English, the 1,125th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce forces?
- US /ˈfɔɹ.sɪz/
- UK /ˈfɔː.sɪz/
- /ˈfo(ː)ɹ.sɪz/
Forces has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-forces.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with forces?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as forces from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹsɪz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: fresco.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does forces mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Troops.
- 2
The orchestral instrumentation (and voices) used in a musical production.
- 3
plural of force
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of force
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forces in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense troops:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Kräfte, Streitkräfte, Truppen, Truppe |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.