encore
\ɑ̃.kɔʁ\
The verdict
“encore” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #85 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #85
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encore” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for encore is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for encore, with forms such as "ecnore", "enccore", and "encoer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is encore, spelled E-N-C-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui 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.
- 2De nouveau.
- 3Aussi ; de plus.
- 4Il 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.
- 5Se joint d’une façon analogue à certains verbes qui marquent l’augmentation ou la diminution.
- 6Se place au commencement d’une phrase où l’on exprime une restriction qui enchérit sur ce qu’on vient de dire.
- 7Au moins. Du moins.
- 8S’emploie aussi comme une sorte d’interjection, lorsqu’on reproche à quelqu’un une récidive.
- 9Cependant ; toutefois.
- 10Souligne le pire en comparant le mauvais à celui-ci.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecnore,enccore,encoer,encorre,encroe,enncore,enocre,necore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encore - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “encore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-C-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “entre” - see the side-by-side comparison. encore vs entre
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.