en-cours
\ɑ̃.kuʁ\
The verdict
“en-cours” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Valeur de ce qui est en cours de production.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-cours · en-cours · French
en-cours · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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-cours |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kuʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
en-cours is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.kuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for en-cours, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is en-cours, spelled E-N---C-O-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Valeur de ce qui est en cours de production.
- 2Montant des titres représentant des engagements financiers en cours.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how en-cours appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut réduire la valeur de nos encours.
This word in other languages
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.