forcer la main
\fɔʁ.se la mɛ̃\
The verdict
“forcer la main” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Contraindre quelqu'un à faire quelque chose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forcer la main |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.se la mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “forcer la main” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for forcer la main is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔʁ.se la mɛ̃\. 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.
forcer la main has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 la main, spelled F-O-R-C-E-R- -L-A- -M-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Contraindre quelqu'un à faire quelque chose.
- 2Pour un cheval, s’emporter malgré le cavalier.
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 “forcer la main”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-R-C-E-R- -L-A- -M-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔʁ.se la mɛ̃\ (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.