encastrée

\ɑ̃.kas.tʁe\

/\ɑ̃.kas.tʁe\/ adj

The verdict

“encastrée” is uncommon French (frequency #51,441 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,441
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de encastré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-encastree · encastrée · French

encastrée · rank #51,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,441
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH encerclement

Nearest frequency peer: encerclement (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « encastrée »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encastrée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for encastrée
PropertyValue
Headwordencastrée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.kas.tʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « encastrée » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.encastréetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « encerclement » (#51,442), « empoisonnées » (#51,439), « endorme » (#51,443). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « encastrée » est au #51,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

encastrée is uncommon French at frequency #51,441 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.kas.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de encastré.".

No misspelling variants are generated for encastrée in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is encastrée, spelled E-N-C-A-S-T-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de encastré.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encastrée"?
"encastrée" is spelled E-N-C-A-S-T-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.kas.tʁe\.
What does "encastrée" mean?
As an adjective, "encastrée" means: Féminin singulier de encastré.
How do you pronounce "encastrée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encastrée" is \ɑ̃.kas.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encastrée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "encastrée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list