encadre
\ɑ̃.kadʁ\
The verdict
“encadre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,989. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,989
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de encadrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encadre · encadre · French
encadre · rank #25,989 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,989
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH effectuera
Nearest frequency peer: effectuera (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « encadre »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- désirable
désirable
74,015 corpus weight
- détournemen…
détournements
74,014 corpus weight
- effectuera
effectuera
74,013 corpus weight
- encadre
encadre
74,012 corpus weight
- enchère
enchère
74,011 corpus weight
- enlevez
enlevez
74,010 corpus weight
What this shows « encadre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encadre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kadʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « encadre »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around encadre (IPA \ɑ̃.kadʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,989 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for encadre, with forms such as "ecnadre", "enacdre", and "encaddre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "encre", "encore", "escadre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is encadre, spelled E-N-C-A-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de encadrer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de encadrer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de encadrer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de encadrer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de encadrer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how encadre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour l’instant, il n'y a pas de loi qui encadre ce type d’arrêt dans le monde professionnel, justifie Christelle Wieder, adjointe à la maire de Strasbourg en charge du droit des femmes et des hommes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecnadre
- enacdre
- encaddre
- encader
- encarde
- enccadre
- encdare
- enncadre
- necadre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encadre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "encadre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).