encombres
\ɑ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\
The verdict
“encombres” is uncommon French (frequency #78,389 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,389
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de encombre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encombres · encombres · French
encombres · rank #78,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,389
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH encoder
Nearest frequency peer: encoder (-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 « encombres »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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empêchées
21,616 corpus weight
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encartés
21,615 corpus weight
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enchantent
21,614 corpus weight
- encoder
encoder
21,613 corpus weight
- encombres
encombres
21,612 corpus weight
- enterrez
enterrez
21,609 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encombres » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encombres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encombres » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encombres is uncommon French at frequency #78,389 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.kɔ̃bʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de encombre.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for encombres, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is encombres, spelled E-N-C-O-M-B-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de encombre.
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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