# encore

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɒŋkɔː/ · frequency rank #17,355

## Definitions
1. A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
2. A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

## Easily confused with
- **entre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encore-vs-entre)
- **entire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encore-vs-entire)
- **ensure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encore-vs-ensure)
- **escort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encore-vs-escort)
- **endure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encore-vs-endure)
- **enforce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encore-vs-enforce)
- **endorse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encore-vs-endorse)
- **encode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encode-vs-encore)
- **Elmore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elmore-vs-encore)
- **encoded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encoded-vs-encore)
- **enclose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enclose-vs-encore)
- **encoder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encoder-vs-encore)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ecnore`, `enccore`, `encoer`, `encorre`, `encroe`, `enncore`, `enocre`, `necore`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/encore