en cœur
\ɑ̃ kœʁ\
The verdict
“en cœur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-c-ur · en cœur · French
en cœur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « en cœur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en cœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃ kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how en cœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’or au sautoir de gueules chargé en cœur d’une molette d’argent, qui est d’Humbert du Pas-de-Calais → voir illustration « molette d’éperon en cœur »
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.