force de frappe
\fɔʁs də fʁap\
The verdict
“force de frappe” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capacité d’intervention militaire.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | force de frappe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁs də fʁap\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “force de frappe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for force de frappe is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔʁs də fʁap\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for force de frappe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is force de frappe, spelled F-O-R-C-E- -D-E- -F-R-A-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1Capacité d’intervention militaire.
- 2Capacité de réaction, de financement.
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.
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Using “force de frappe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-R-C-E- -D-E- -F-R-A-P-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔʁs də fʁap\ (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
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.