encline
\ɑ̃.klin\
The verdict
“encline” is uncommon French (frequency #53,310 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,310
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de enclin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encline · encline · French
encline · rank #53,310 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,310
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH encouru
Nearest frequency peer: encouru (+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 « encline »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- emmagasiner
emmagasiner
46,694 corpus weight
- emmerdeur
emmerdeur
46,693 corpus weight
- encline
encline
46,691 corpus weight
- encouru
encouru
46,690 corpus weight
- endless
endless
46,689 corpus weight
- endossé
endossé
46,688 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encline » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encline |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.klin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encline » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encline is uncommon French at frequency #53,310 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.klin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de enclin.".
encline doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is encline, spelled E-N-C-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de enclin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how encline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peu encline à l’immobilisme et à la réclusion, elle sillonnait la ville et nous nous retrouvions à la terrasse du Cala au-dessus des galets gris et du vacarme des vagues, ou dans le quartier de Rímac au pied du Cerro San Cristóbal de l’autre côté du pont gardé par un blindé sur roues, ancien bourg colonial espagnol devenu cour des miracles, estropiés et c…
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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