en cœur
\ɑ̃ kœʁ\
The verdict
“en cœur” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indique qu’un meuble, un écusson, etc. se trouve positionné au centre de l’écu, d'une partition, d’une pièce ou d'un meuble.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en cœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “en cœur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for en cœur is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃ kœʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Indique qu’un meuble, un écusson, etc. se trouve positionné au centre de l’écu, d'une partition, d’une pièce ou d'un meuble.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for en cœur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is en cœur, spelled E-N- -C-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Indique qu’un meuble, un écusson, etc. se trouve positionné au centre de l’écu, d'une partition, d’une pièce ou d'un meuble.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “en cœur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N- -C-Œ-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃ kœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.