encor

\ɑ̃.kɔʁ\

/\ɑ̃.kɔʁ\/ adv

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The verdict

“encor” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,736. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,736
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de encore.

Corpus desk

Index FR-encor · encor · French

encor · rank #18,736 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,736
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH eli

Nearest frequency peer: eli (-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 « encor »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « encor » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

encor vs EnR
20% similar
encor vs Enzo
40% similar
encor vs enfer
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for encor
PropertyValue
Headwordencor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɑ̃.kɔʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,736
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « encor »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).encorse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « eli » (#18,735), « enfoncé » (#18,737), « elfes » (#18,734). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « encor » est au #18,736. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around encor (IPA \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #18,736 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante de encore.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for encor, with forms such as "ecnor", "enccor", and "encorr". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "EnR", "Enzo", "enfer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is encor, spelled E-N-C-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de encore.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how encor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il est, seigneur Arnolphe, encor plus gai que nous, Et j’avais de sa part une lettre pour vous ; Mais depuis, par une autre, il m’apprend sa venue, Et la raison encor ne m’en est pas connue.
  2. Pour intriguer les songes d’or ?... N’es-tu pas l’amour dans l’espace, Souffle de Messaline lasse Mais pas rassasiée encor !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecnor
  • enccor
  • encorr
  • encro
  • enncor
  • enocr
  • necor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encor - 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.

ecnor2enccor1encorr1encro2enncor1enocr2necor2
Edit distance from "encor"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encor"?
"encor" is spelled E-N-C-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\.
What does "encor" mean?
As an adverb, "encor" means: Variante de encore.
What words are commonly confused with "encor"?
"encor" is commonly confused with "EnR", "Enzo", "enfer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "encor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encor" is \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encor" come from?
"encor" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "encor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

elfes#18,734gifle#18,763clore#18,684levez#18,790

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list