encombrantes
\ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɑ̃t\
The verdict
“encombrantes” is uncommon French (frequency #76,534 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,534
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de encombrant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encombrantes · encombrantes · French
encombrantes · rank #76,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,534
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH emprisonnemen…
Nearest frequency peer: emprisonnements (-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 « encombrantes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- emportaient
emportaient
23,470 corpus weight
- empress
empress
23,469 corpus weight
- emprisonnem…
emprisonnements
23,468 corpus weight
- encombrantes
encombrantes
23,467 corpus weight
- encéphale
encéphale
23,466 corpus weight
- endive
endive
23,465 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encombrantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encombrantes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #76,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encombrantes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encombrantes is uncommon French at frequency #76,534 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de encombrant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for encombrantes, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is encombrantes, spelled E-N-C-O-M-B-R-A-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de encombrant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encombrantes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Femmes aux noms évocateurs d’un monde ignoré, promesses d’un éloignement sans pareil qui se réalisait enfin dans celui de Noura, lumière noire de la vie d’Adrien enfin débarrassé d’encombrantes habitudes, désattaché de son pesant passé, désenglué de ses carapaces étroites, désétiolé de son asphyxie latente, allégé de ses souvenirs lithiques.
Avant la guerre, sans doute, le manoir avait été envahi, durant quelques jours, par des opérateurs pourvus de machines encombrantes, des assistants, des soundmen, un tas d’inconnus en knickerbockers et bas écossais, presque tous en veston de tweed et casquette claire.
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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