encombrants
\ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“encombrants” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,926
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de encombrant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encombrants · encombrants · French
encombrants · rank #35,926 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #35,926
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ems
Nearest frequency peer: ems (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « encombrants »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- embolie
embolie
64,078 corpus weight
- ems
ems
64,076 corpus weight
- encombrants
encombrants
64,075 corpus weight
- encouragean…
encourageants
64,074 corpus weight
- enfoncent
enfoncent
64,072 corpus weight
- entourait
entourait
64,071 corpus weight
What this shows « encombrants » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encombrants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #35,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « encombrants »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around encombrants (IPA \ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,926 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de encombrant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for encombrants, with forms such as "ecnombrants", "enccombrants", and "encmobrants". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "encombrant", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is encombrants, spelled E-N-C-O-M-B-R-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de encombrant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how encombrants appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Considérés comme « accidentogènes, lourds, encombrants et polluants » par la municipalité, les véhicules SUV sont identifiés comme une cause de nombreux problèmes au sein de l’espace public ces dernières années.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecnombrants
- enccombrants
- encmobrants
- encobmrants
- encombarnts
- encombbrants
- encombrannts
- encombranst
- encombrantss
- encombrantts
- encombratns
- encombrnats
- encombrrants
- encommbrants
- encomrbants
- enncombrants
- enocmbrants
- necombrants
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encombrants - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).