# encouragement

> English word · Noun · IPA [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt] · frequency rank #9,742

## Definitions
1. The act of encouraging
2. Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive
3. Words or actions that increase someone's confidence
4. The feeling of being encouraged

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French encoragement.

## Common misspellings (19)
`ecnouragement`, `enccouragement`, `encoruagement`, `encouargement`, `encouraegment`, `encourageemnt`, `encouragemennt`, `encouragementt`, `encouragemetn`, `encouragemment`, `encouragemnet`, `encouraggement`, `encouragmeent`, `encourgaement`, `encourragement`, `encuoragement`, `enncouragement`, `enocuragement`, `necouragement`

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