forçar
/fuɾ.ˈsaɾ/
The verdict
“forçar” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,423 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #6,423
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - obrigar alguém a fazer algo que esta não queria fazer
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forçar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /fuɾ.ˈsaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “forçar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for forçar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for forçar, with forms such as "fforçar", "foraçr", and "forrçar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "force", "furar", "forja", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is forçar, spelled F-O-R-Ç-A-R.
Definition
- 1obrigar alguém a fazer algo que esta não queria fazer
- 2propelir contra uma força contrária
- 3fazer acontecer por uma necessidade
- 4impor algo ou alguém a uma pessoa
- 5compelir pela força, sobrepujando resistência contrária
- 6obter pela força; extorquir
- 7abrir (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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of forçar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “forçar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-R-Ç-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fuɾ.ˈsaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “force” - see the side-by-side comparison. forçar vs force
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.