encense
\ɑ̃.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“encense” is uncommon French (frequency #57,917 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,917
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de encenser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encense · encense · French
encense · rank #57,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,917
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH encadrants
Nearest frequency peer: encadrants (-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 « encense »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- emplis
emplis
42,087 corpus weight
- empresser
empresser
42,086 corpus weight
- encadrants
encadrants
42,085 corpus weight
- encense
encense
42,084 corpus weight
- engageaient
engageaient
42,083 corpus weight
- Enid
Enid
42,082 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encense » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encense |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encense » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encense is uncommon French at frequency #57,917 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for encense, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is encense, spelled E-N-C-E-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de encenser.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de encenser.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de encenser.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de encenser.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de encenser.
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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