# forcing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,041

## Definitions
1. The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
2. An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
3. A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
4. The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, force + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **frying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forcing-vs-frying)
- **forming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forcing-vs-forming)
- **forging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forcing-vs-forging)
- **fouling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forcing-vs-fouling)
- **forking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/forcing-vs-forking)
- **facing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/facing-vs-forcing)
- **firing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firing-vs-forcing)
- **faring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faring-vs-forcing)
- **farming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farming-vs-forcing)
- **folding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folding-vs-forcing)
- **fencing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fencing-vs-forcing)
- **footing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footing-vs-forcing)
- **fooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooling-vs-forcing)
- **farting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farting-vs-forcing)
- **foaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foaming-vs-forcing)
- **foraging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foraging-vs-forcing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`fforcing`, `focring`, `forccing`, `forcign`, `forcingg`, `forcinng`, `forcnig`, `foricng`, `forrcing`, `frocing`, `ofrcing`

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