encornet
\ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ\
The verdict
“encornet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calmar, mollusque céphalopode à dix bras appartenant à l’ordre Teuthida, surtout considéré comme aliment ou appât pour la pêche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encornet · encornet · French
encornet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encornet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encornet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encornet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for encornet in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is encornet, spelled E-N-C-O-R-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1Calmar, mollusque céphalopode à dix bras appartenant à l’ordre Teuthida, surtout considéré comme aliment ou appât pour la pêche.
- 2Nom servant à désigner d’autres mollusques céphalopodes comme la seiche ou le poulpe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encornet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’autres, armées d’un bâton que termine un fort hameçon, fouillent sous les pierres, dans les creux du rocher, et en retirent soit le congre à la peau glissante, soit le poulpe aux huit bras, la sèche ou l’encornet, qui tentent vainement d'échapper en s’entourant d'un nuage coloré.
Tout d'abord, calmar est bien le terme scientifique approprié, et les autres noms souvent plus vulgaires de « calamar », « chipiron » ou « encornet » ne sont que des appellations vernaculaires.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.