démonstration de force
\de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.sjɔ̃ də fɔʁs\
The verdict
“démonstration de force” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action militaire à forte visibilité, offensive ou non, effectuée à des fins d’intimidation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demonstration-de-force · démonstration de force · French
démonstration de force · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | démonstration de force |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.sjɔ̃ də fɔʁs\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « démonstration de force » en français
Rare enough to double-check
démonstration de force is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.mɔ̃s.tʁa.sjɔ̃ də fɔʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for démonstration de force in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is démonstration de force, spelled D-É-M-O-N-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N- -D-E- -F-O-R-C-E.
Definition
- 1Action militaire à forte visibilité, offensive ou non, effectuée à des fins d’intimidation.
- 2Expression d’une forte présence, par un résultat important, un défilé, une manifestation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how démonstration de force appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quatre jours après les premières manifestations dans les rues d’Alger et d’une vingtaine d’autres villes, les étudiants ont, à leur tour, mardi, fait une impressionnante démonstration de force dans le pays.
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.