renforce

/\ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,297

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

renforce is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renforcer. Pronounced \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs\. It ranks #8,297 in French word frequency. Often confused with renonce and renfort.

Key facts for renforce
PropertyValue
Headwordrenforce
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,297
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of renforce in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for renforce is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,297 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for renforce, with forms such as "ernforce", "refnorce", and "renfforce". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "renonce", "renfort", "renforts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is renforce, spelled R-E-N-F-O-R-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renforcer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renforcer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de renforcer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de renforcer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de renforcer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ernforce,refnorce,renfforce,renfocre,renforcce,renforec,renforrce,renfroce,rennforce,renofrce,rneforce,rrenforce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for renforce

Misspelling Variants of "renforce"

ernforce8refnorce8renfforce9renfocre8renforcce9renforec8renforrce9renfroce8
Misspelling Variants of "renforce"

Frequency rank: #8,297 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "renforce"?
"renforce" is spelled R-E-N-F-O-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs\.
What does "renforce" mean?
As a verb, "renforce" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renforcer.
What words are commonly confused with "renforce"?
"renforce" is commonly confused with "renonce", "renfort", "renforts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "renforce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renforce" is \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renforce" come from?
"renforce" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.