encoches
\ɑ̃.kɔʃ\
The verdict
“encoches” is uncommon French (frequency #58,583 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,583
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de encoche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encoches · encoches · French
encoches · rank #58,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,583
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH emplie
Nearest frequency peer: emplie (-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 « encoches »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Egon
Egon
41,423 corpus weight
- emergency
emergency
41,420 corpus weight
- emplie
emplie
41,419 corpus weight
- encoches
encoches
41,418 corpus weight
- encombrent
encombrent
41,417 corpus weight
- encouragera
encouragera
41,416 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encoches » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encoches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encoches » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encoches is uncommon French at frequency #58,583 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.kɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de encoche.".
Zero misspellings are on record for encoches in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 encoches, spelled E-N-C-O-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de encoche.
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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