forces
\fɔʁs\
The verdict
“forces” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #921 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #921
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de grands ciseaux dont les lames sont réunies par un arc d’acier élastique les maintenant ouvertes, et qui servaient à couper des étoffes, à les tailler, à couper des feuilles de laiton, de f...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forces |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔʁs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “forces” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for forces is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fɔʁs\. Corpus data places it at rank #921 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for forces, with forms such as "fforces", "focres", and "forcces". 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is forces, spelled F-O-R-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Sorte de grands ciseaux dont les lames sont réunies par un arc d’acier élastique les maintenant ouvertes, et qui servaient à couper des étoffes, à les tailler, à couper des feuilles de laiton, de fer-blanc, à tondre la laine des moutons, etc.
- 2Meuble représentant des ciseaux de tondeur, de tailleur ou de couturier dans les armoiries. La représentation est généralement la même. Il s’agit de deux lames (d’où le pluriel) reliées par une anse servant de ressort. Les forces sont posées en chevron renversé, autrement dit en V, le ressort vers la pointe, les lames vers le chef. À rapprocher de ciseaux et forces de tondeur.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: fforces,focres,forcces,forcess,forcse,forecs,forrces,froces,ofrces
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forces - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “forces”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-O-R-C-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔʁs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “forme” - see the side-by-side comparison. forces vs forme
- 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.