forçar

//fuɾ.ˈsaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,423

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

forçar is aPortugueseverb. It means: obrigar alguém a fazer algo que esta não queria fazer Pronounced /fuɾ.ˈsaɾ/. It ranks #6,423 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with force and furar.

Key facts for forçar
PropertyValue
Headwordforçar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/fuɾ.ˈsaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,423
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of forçar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for forçar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fuɾ.ˈsaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,423 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for forçar, with forms such as "fforçar", "foraçr", and "forrçar". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "force", "furar", "forja", 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 Portuguese form is forçar, spelled F-O-R-Ç-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    obrigar alguém a fazer algo que esta não queria fazer
  2. 2
    propelir contra uma força contrária
  3. 3
    fazer acontecer por uma necessidade
  4. 4
    impor algo ou alguém a uma pessoa
  5. 5
    compelir pela força, sobrepujando resistência contrária
  6. 6
    obter pela força; extorquir
  7. 7
    abrir (uma porta, um cadeado) usando a força

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fforçar,foraçr,forrçar,forçarr,forçra,foçrar,froçar,ofrçar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for forçar

Misspelling Variants of "forçar"

fforçar7foraçr6forrçar7forçarr7forçra6foçrar6froçar6ofrçar6
Misspelling Variants of "forçar"

Frequency rank: #6,423 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "forçar"?
"forçar" is spelled F-O-R-Ç-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /fuɾ.ˈsaɾ/.
What does "forçar" mean?
As a verb, "forçar" means: obrigar alguém a fazer algo que esta não queria fazer
What words are commonly confused with "forçar"?
"forçar" is commonly confused with "force", "furar", "forja". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "forçar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "forçar" is /fuɾ.ˈsaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "forçar" come from?
"forçar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter F in our Portuguese index:

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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.