zwingen
\ˈt͡svɪŋən\
The verdict
“zwingen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forcer, obliger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zwingen · zwingen · French
zwingen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zwingen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈt͡svɪŋən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zwingen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈt͡svɪŋən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zwingen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 zwingen, spelled Z-W-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Forcer, obliger.
- 2Astreindre, se forcer.
- 3sich gezwungen sehen: Être forcé, du point de vue subjectif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zwingen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Wachen zwangen die Erschöpften, weiterzugehen.
Die Regierung muss etwas unternehmen, damit die explodierenden Energiepreise Geringverdiener:innen und auch weite Teile der Mittelschicht nicht ruinieren oder Betriebe zur Geschäftsaufgabe zwingen.
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.