force majeure
\fɔʁs ma.ʒœʁ\
The verdict
“force majeure” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble des circonstances imprévisibles et inéluctables qui libèrent une personne de ses responsabilités ou obligations.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | force majeure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁs ma.ʒœʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “force majeure” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for force majeure is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔʁs ma.ʒœʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ensemble des circonstances imprévisibles et inéluctables qui libèrent une personne de ses responsabilités ou obligations.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for force majeure, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is force majeure, spelled F-O-R-C-E- -M-A-J-E-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des circonstances imprévisibles et inéluctables qui libèrent une personne de ses responsabilités ou obligations.
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 majeure”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-R-C-E- -M-A-J-E-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔʁs ma.ʒœʁ\ (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.