forçage

\fɔʁ.saʒ\

/\fɔʁ.saʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“forçage” is uncommon French (frequency #56,604 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,604
frequency rank, French
137,178
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de forcer.

Key facts for forçage
PropertyValue
Headwordforçage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔʁ.saʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,604
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “forçage” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). forçage lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

forçage is uncommon French at frequency #56,604 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔʁ.saʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for forçage, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is forçage, spelled F-O-R-Ç-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de forcer.
  2. 2
    Action de forcer (une bête qu’on chasse, qu’on fait courir) : assembler toute la meute de chiens et lui faire courir le gibier.
  3. 3
    Action de forcer le développement d’une plante ou résultat de cette action.
  4. 4
    Dans certains langages, action de forcer le type d’une variable.
  5. 5
    Excédent que peut avoir une pièce au-dessus du poids légal.
  6. 6
    Traversée brutale et localisée par un courant atmosphérique d’une masse d’air s’opposant à son mouvement.
  7. 7
    Phénomène de chute des températures moyennes globales dû, le plus souvent, à l’activité volcanique, mais aussi solaire, etc.

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 "forçage"?
"forçage" is spelled F-O-R-Ç-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.saʒ\.
What does "forçage" mean?
As a noun, "forçage" means: Action de forcer.
How do you pronounce "forçage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forçage" is \fɔʁ.saʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forçage" come from?
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Using “forçage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is F-O-R-Ç-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \fɔʁ.saʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list