forcing
/ˈfɔɹ.sɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
forcing is spelled F-O-R-C-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, forcing means “The act by which someone or something is forced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of forcing is forcings.
How many letters and syllables are in forcing?
| Letters | 7: F-O-R-C-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is forcing?
Forcing appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th 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 forcing?
- UK /ˈfɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/
- US /ˈfɔɹ.sɪŋ/
Forcing 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-forcing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of forcing
- forcings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does forcing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which someone or something is forced.
- 2
The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
- 3
An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
- 4
A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
- 5
The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
orbital / astronomical forcing (effect on climate of slow changes in the tilt of Earth's axis and shape of its orbit)
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of force
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forcing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Treiberei , Strahlungsantrieb, Ungleichgewicht der Strahlungsbilanz |
| French | forcing |
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.
Where does forcing come from?
By surface analysis, force + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).