encombrent
\ɑ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\
The verdict
“encombrent” is uncommon French (frequency #58,584 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,584
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de encombrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encombrent · encombrent · French
encombrent · rank #58,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,584
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH encoches
Nearest frequency peer: encoches (-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 « encombrent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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emergency
41,420 corpus weight
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emplie
41,419 corpus weight
- encoches
encoches
41,418 corpus weight
- encombrent
encombrent
41,417 corpus weight
- encouragera
encouragera
41,416 corpus weight
- enigma
enigma
41,413 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encombrent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encombrent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encombrent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encombrent is uncommon French at frequency #58,584 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for encombrent in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is encombrent, spelled E-N-C-O-M-B-R-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de encombrer.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de encombrer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how encombrent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon cheval, sellé et bridé, ronge son frein et piaffe à ma porte; mes effets encombrent le patio, ficelés et prêts à être chargés.
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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