enchérir
\ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ\
The verdict
“enchérir” is uncommon French (frequency #65,916 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,916
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devenir plus cher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encherir · enchérir · French
enchérir · rank #65,916 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,916
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH empêcheraient
Nearest frequency peer: empêcheraient (-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 « enchérir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- embouti
embouti
34,088 corpus weight
- emphytéotiq…
emphytéotique
34,087 corpus weight
- empêcheraie…
empêcheraient
34,086 corpus weight
- enchérir
enchérir
34,085 corpus weight
- enluminures
enluminures
34,083 corpus weight
- enorgueillit
enorgueillit
34,082 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enchérir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enchérir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enchérir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enchérir is uncommon French at frequency #65,916 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
enchérir has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is enchérir, spelled E-N-C-H-É-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Devenir plus cher.
- 2Mettre enchère sur quelqu’un.
- 3Ajouter à ce qu’un autre a dit, a fait ou bien à ce que l’on a dit ou fait soi-même.
- 4Rendre plus cher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enchérir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les blés ont fort enchéri, 'sont fort enchéris.
Toutes les marchandises enchérissent.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).