encerclement
\ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“encerclement” is uncommon French (frequency #51,442 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,442
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’encercler ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encerclement · encerclement · French
encerclement · rank #51,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,442
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH encastrée
Nearest frequency peer: encastrée (-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 « encerclement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- empoisonnées
empoisonnées
48,562 corpus weight
- encastrée
encastrée
48,560 corpus weight
- encerclement
encerclement
48,559 corpus weight
- endorme
endorme
48,558 corpus weight
- enfumer
enfumer
48,557 corpus weight
- engueulade
engueulade
48,556 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encerclement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encerclement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encerclement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encerclement is uncommon French at frequency #51,442 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’encercler ou résultat de cette action.".
encerclement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is encerclement, spelled E-N-C-E-R-C-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’encercler ou résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encerclement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le chimpanzé est omnivore, et il est occasionnellement carnivore. Il pratique occasionnellement la chasse et l'on peut voir se manifester à la fois coopération et stratégie d’encerclement et de diversion dans la chasse aux petits potamochères.
Pour la section Marsaud, c’était différent. Au premier son du canon, elle devrait passer à l’action, afin de créer le désordre parmi les Annamites. La force de frappe de l’artillerie navale, ainsi que la manœuvre d’encerclement du lieutenant, était les deux atouts maîtres mis en avant par l’état-major pour que l’opération connaisse un succès rapide.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).