efforce

\e.fɔʁs\

/\e.fɔʁs\/ verb

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The verdict

“efforce” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,464. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,464
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de efforcer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-efforce · efforce · French

efforce · rank #14,464 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,464
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH dévouement

Nearest frequency peer: dévouement (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « efforce »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « efforce » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

efforce vs effort
71% similar
efforce vs efforts
71% similar
efforce vs enfoncé
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for efforce
PropertyValue
Headwordefforce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.fɔʁs\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,464
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « efforce »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).efforcese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dévouement » (#14,463), « entendais » (#14,466), « désespérée » (#14,461). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « efforce » est au #14,464. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around efforce (IPA \e.fɔʁs\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,464 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for efforce, with forms such as "effocre", "efforcce", and "efforec". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "effort", "efforts", "enfoncé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is efforce, spelled E-F-F-O-R-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de efforcer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de efforcer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de efforcer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de efforcer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de efforcer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how efforce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le journal grenoblois modernise l’ancienne imprimerie de La Loire républicaine, trouvée dans la dot de La Dépêche, et s’efforce de stéphaniser son image de marque en se rebaptisant : Loire-Matin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • effocre
  • efforcce
  • efforec
  • efforrce
  • effroce
  • efofrce
  • eforce
  • feforce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of efforce - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

effocre2efforcce1efforec2efforrce1effroce2efofrce2eforce1feforce2
Edit distance from "efforce"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "efforce"?
"efforce" is spelled E-F-F-O-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.fɔʁs\.
What does "efforce" mean?
As a verb, "efforce" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de efforcer.
What words are commonly confused with "efforce"?
"efforce" is commonly confused with "effort", "efforts", "enfoncé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "efforce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "efforce" is \e.fɔʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "efforce" come from?
"efforce" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "efforce", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déroute#14,460explore#14,471faction#14,475denrées#14,445

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

exclue8 variantsLeslie8 variantsCindy8 variantsmeneur8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list