encaissé

/\ɑ̃.kɛ.se\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,000

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

encaissé is anFrenchadj. It means: Se dit d’un fleuve, d’une rivière dont les bords sont escarpés et nettement plus élevés que la surface de l’eau, ou d’un chemin dont les bords sont nettement plus élevés que le niveau du cheminement. Pronounced \ɑ̃.kɛ.se\. Often confused with épaisse and encaisser.

Key facts for encaissé
PropertyValue
Headwordencaissé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɑ̃.kɛ.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,000
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of encaissé in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for encaissé is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.kɛ.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,000 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se dit d’un fleuve, d’une rivière dont les bords sont escarpés et nettement plus élevés que la surface de l’eau, ou d’un chemin dont les bords sont nettement plus élevés que le niveau du cheminement.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for encaissé, with forms such as "ecnaissé", "enacissé", and "encaisse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "épaisse", "encaisser", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is encaissé, spelled E-N-C-A-I-S-S-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit d’un fleuve, d’une rivière dont les bords sont escarpés et nettement plus élevés que la surface de l’eau, ou d’un chemin dont les bords sont nettement plus élevés que le niveau du cheminement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecnaissé,enacissé,encaisse,encaisé,encaisés,encasisé,enccaissé,enciassé,enncaissé,necaissé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for encaissé

Misspelling Variants of "encaissé"

ecnaissé8enacissé8encaisse8encaisé7encaisés8encasisé8enccaissé9enciassé8
Misspelling Variants of "encaissé"

Frequency rank: #21,000 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encaissé"?
"encaissé" is spelled E-N-C-A-I-S-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.kɛ.se\.
What does "encaissé" mean?
As an adj, "encaissé" means: Se dit d’un fleuve, d’une rivière dont les bords sont escarpés et nettement plus élevés que la surface de l’eau, ou d’un chemin dont les bords sont nettement plus élevés que le niveau du cheminement.
What words are commonly confused with "encaissé"?
"encaissé" is commonly confused with "épaisse", "encaisser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "encaissé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encaissé" is \ɑ̃.kɛ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encaissé" come from?
"encaissé" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.