forcir
\fɔʁ.siʁ\
The verdict
“forcir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devenir plus fort, plus gros, en parlant d’une personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-forcir · forcir · French
forcir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forcir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɔʁ.siʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « forcir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
forcir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɔʁ.siʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for forcir in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 forcir, spelled F-O-R-C-I-R.
Definition
- 1Devenir plus fort, plus gros, en parlant d’une personne.
- 2Engraisser, prendre de l’embonpoint.
- 3Devenir plus fort, en parlant du vent.
- 4Devenir plus fort, en parlant d'un bruit.
- 5Rendre (une plante) plus forte, plus grosse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how forcir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La mère Lefrançois, en le voyant, fit de grandes exclamations, et elle le trouva « grandi et minci », tandis qu'Arthémise, au contraire, le trouva « forci et bruni ».
— Mon garçon, c’est mon garçon ! Il nous fallut plusieurs minutes pour nous remettre et pour nous essuyer les yeux. — Bien sûr, dit-elle, que si je n’avais pas toujours pensé à toi je ne t’aurais pas reconnu ; es-tu changé, grandi, forci !
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.