encagé
\ɑ̃.ka.ʒe\
The verdict
“encagé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est en cage, enfermé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encage · encagé · French
encagé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | encagé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ka.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encagé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encagé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ka.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est en cage, enfermé.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for encagé, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is encagé, spelled E-N-C-A-G-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est en cage, enfermé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encagé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La journée est trop belle pour rester encagé. Allons prendre l’air des champs !
Diables noirs des patriotismes que, pour la peur réciproque des nations encagées, manient imprudemment des montreurs intéressés.
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.