encore

/\ɑ̃.kɔʁ\/ adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#85

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

encore is anFrenchadv. It means: Qui sert à marquer que l’action ou l’état dont il s’agit se continue, se continuera ou s’est continué jusqu’au temps indiqué par le verbe ou par les autres circonstances du discours. Pour la négati... Pronounced \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\. It ranks #85 in French word frequency. Often confused with entre and encre.

Key facts for encore
PropertyValue
Headwordencore
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdv
IPA\ɑ̃.kɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#85
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of encore in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for encore is 6 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #85 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for encore, with forms such as "ecnore", "enccore", and "encoer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "entre", "encre", "Enora", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is encore, spelled E-N-C-O-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui sert à marquer que l’action ou l’état dont il s’agit se continue, se continuera ou s’est continué jusqu’au temps indiqué par le verbe ou par les autres circonstances du discours. Pour la négation, voir pas encore.
  2. 2
    De nouveau.
  3. 3
    Aussi ; de plus.
  4. 4
    Il se joint aux adverbes plus (encore plus), ou moins (encore moins), lorsqu’on veut exprimer qu’une quantité, qu’une chose est supérieure ou inférieure à une autre.
  5. 5
    Se joint d’une façon analogue à certains verbes qui marquent l’augmentation ou la diminution.
  6. 6
    Se place au commencement d’une phrase où l’on exprime une restriction qui enchérit sur ce qu’on vient de dire.
  7. 7
    Au moins. Du moins.
  8. 8
    S’emploie aussi comme une sorte d’interjection, lorsqu’on reproche à quelqu’un une récidive.
  9. 9
    Cependant ; toutefois.
  10. 10
    Souligne le pire en comparant le mauvais à celui-ci.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecnore,enccore,encoer,encorre,encroe,enncore,enocre,necore

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for encore

Misspelling Variants of "encore"

ecnore6enccore7encoer6encorre7encroe6enncore7enocre6necore6
Misspelling Variants of "encore"

Frequency rank: #85 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encore"?
"encore" is spelled E-N-C-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\.
What does "encore" mean?
As an adv, "encore" means: Qui sert à marquer que l’action ou l’état dont il s’agit se continue, se continuera ou s’est continué jusqu’au temps indiqué par le verbe ou par les autres circonstances du discours. Pour la négati...
What words are commonly confused with "encore"?
"encore" is commonly confused with "entre", "encre", "Enora". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "encore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encore" is \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encore" come from?
"encore" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.