encenser
\ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“encenser” is uncommon French (frequency #65,119 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,119
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Honorer suivant un rite en brûlant de l’encens dans l'encensoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encenser · encenser · French
encenser · rank #65,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,119
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enchantées
Nearest frequency peer: enchantées (+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 « encenser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- empilent
empilent
34,885 corpus weight
- emploies
emploies
34,884 corpus weight
- encenser
encenser
34,882 corpus weight
- enchantées
enchantées
34,881 corpus weight
- endiablée
endiablée
34,879 corpus weight
- endocrinolo…
endocrinologie
34,878 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encenser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encenser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encenser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encenser is uncommon French at frequency #65,119 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for encenser in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is encenser, spelled E-N-C-E-N-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Honorer suivant un rite en brûlant de l’encens dans l'encensoir.
- 2Faire l’éloge de, flatter par des louanges outrées.
- 3Faire un mouvement de bas en haut, en parlant de ce que certains chevaux font avec leur tête.
- 4Se dit d’un navire ballotté par les flots, faisant des mouvements de bas en haut, comme un cheval.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encenser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant l’offertoire, le roi, et en son absence la reine, était encensé immédiatement après le célébrant.
On nous apprenait à servir la messe du grand et du petit côté, à chanter les antiennes, à faire des génuflexions, à encenser élégamment, ce qui est très difficile.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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