Which to use
“forcée” and “forcées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,246
- “forcée” frequency rank
- #20,146
- “forcées” frequency rank
- 28392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | forcée | forcées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de forcé. | Féminin pluriel de forcé. |
Same sound, different letters: forcée vs forcées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: forcée vs forcées
This is the hard kind. forcée and forcées are pronounced identically (\fɔʁ.se\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “forcée” sits inside “forcées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
forcée is recorded at frequency rank #8,246, classified as anadj, pronounced \fɔʁ.se\. forcées is at rank #20,146, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fɔʁ.se\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 28392, this pair ranks #323,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of forcée vs forcées
Shared letters: ceforé. Private to "forcée": -. Private to "forcées": s.
"forcée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "forcées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "forcée" and "forcées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "forcée" vs "forcées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"forcée" and "forcées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "forcée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "forcées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #323,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "forcée" and "forcées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forcées vs foulées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #323,134 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.