forcer

\fɔʁ.se\

/\fɔʁ.se\/ verb

The verdict

“forcer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,921. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,921
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Briser, rompre, ouvrir quelque chose avec violence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-forcer · forcer · French

forcer · rank #3,921 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,921
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH flotte

Nearest frequency peer: flotte (-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 « forcer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « forcer » 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).

forcer vs forme
67% similar
forcer vs forte
67% similar
forcer vs forêt
50% similar

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

Key facts for forcer
PropertyValue
Headwordforcer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɔʁ.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,921
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « forcer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.forcerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « flotte » (#3,920), « froide » (#3,922), « fine » (#3,919). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « forcer » est au #3,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around forcer (IPA \fɔʁ.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,921 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for forcer, with forms such as "fforcer", "focrer", and "forccer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "forme", "forte", "forêt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is forcer, spelled F-O-R-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Briser, rompre, ouvrir quelque chose avec violence.
  2. 2
    Fausser, tordre, détériorer par une manœuvre violente.
  3. 3
    Prendre par force, enfoncer.
  4. 4
    Contraindre ou obliger à quelque chose.
  5. 5
    Obliger à donner son consentement.
  6. 6
    Pousser à plus, ou à trop, d'effort.
  7. 7
    Pousser à trop de quantité, augmenter inconsidérément.
  8. 8
    Prendre le gibier avec des chiens de chasse, après l’avoir couru et réduit aux abois.
  9. 9
    Dans certains langages de programmation, instruire le type d’une variable pour quelque chose d’autre que son type original.
  10. 10
    Faire donner artificiellement plus ou plus tôt qu’elles n’auraient donné naturellement, en parlant des plantes.
  11. 11
    Fournir un gros effort, se dépenser.
  12. 12
    Monter l’enchère.
  13. 13
    Faire force.
  14. 14
    Faire quelque chose avec trop de force et de véhémence.
  15. 15
    Se contraindre, faire effort sur soi-même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ensuite il accompagna le médecin du Zeppelin dans une rue voisine, et força la porte d’une pharmacie où le major choisit les médicaments dont il avait besoin.
  2. Tu seras étonnée de découvrir cette lettre dans mon coffre, sur un paquet de titres. Il eût mieux valu peut-être la confier au notaire qui te l’aurait remise après ma mort, ou bien la ranger dans le tiroir de mon bureau, le premier que les enfants forceront avant que j’aie commencé d’être froid.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • fforcer
  • focrer
  • forccer
  • forcerr
  • forcre
  • forecr
  • forrcer
  • frocer
  • ofrcer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forcer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

fforcer1focrer2forccer1forcerr1forcre2forecr2forrcer1frocer2
Edit distance from "forcer"

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 "forcer"?
"forcer" is spelled F-O-R-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.se\.
What does "forcer" mean?
As a verb, "forcer" means: Briser, rompre, ouvrir quelque chose avec violence.
What words are commonly confused with "forcer"?
"forcer" is commonly confused with "forme", "forte", "forêt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "forcer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forcer" is \fɔʁ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forcer" come from?
"forcer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list