encombrée
\ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁe\
The verdict
“encombrée” is uncommon French (frequency #55,928 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,928
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de encombré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encombree · encombrée · French
encombrée · rank #55,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,928
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH encombrante
Nearest frequency peer: encombrante (-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 « encombrée »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- encan
encan
44,076 corpus weight
- enchanter
enchanter
44,075 corpus weight
- encombrante
encombrante
44,074 corpus weight
- encombrée
encombrée
44,073 corpus weight
- endormissem…
endormissement
44,072 corpus weight
- enduro
enduro
44,071 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encombrée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encombrée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encombrée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encombrée is uncommon French at frequency #55,928 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de encombré.".
No misspelling variants are generated for encombrée in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is encombrée, spelled E-N-C-O-M-B-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de encombré.
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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