show of force
"show-of-force" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“show of force” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An open demonstration of power by display of a great number of people or resources.
Corpus desk
Index EN-show-of-force · show of force · English
show of force · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | show of force |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “show of force” in English
Rare enough to double-check
show of force is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An open demonstration of power by display of a great number of people or resources.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for show of force, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is show of force, spelled S-H-O-W- -O-F- -F-O-R-C-E.
Definition
- 1An open demonstration of power by display of a great number of people or resources.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how show of force appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The military parade was an opportunity for the new government to give a show of force to the neighbouring countries.
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.