prise de force
\pʁiz də fɔʁs\
The verdict
“prise de force” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce mécanique permettant de transmettre la puissance d’un moteur à un outil mécanique, grâce à la rotation d’un arbre cannelé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prise de force |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁiz də fɔʁs\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prise de force” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for prise de force is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁiz də fɔʁs\. 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: "Pièce mécanique permettant de transmettre la puissance d’un moteur à un outil mécanique, grâce à la rotation d’un arbre cannelé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for prise de force, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is prise de force, spelled P-R-I-S-E- -D-E- -F-O-R-C-E.
Definition
- 1Pièce mécanique permettant de transmettre la puissance d’un moteur à un outil mécanique, grâce à la rotation d’un arbre cannelé.
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 “prise de force”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-I-S-E- -D-E- -F-O-R-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pʁiz də fɔʁs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.