encornure
\ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nyʁ\
The verdict
“encornure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Les cornes des bœufs, des vaches.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encornure · encornure · French
encornure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | encornure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nyʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encornure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encornure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Les cornes des bœufs, des vaches.".
No misspelling variants are generated for encornure in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 encornure, spelled E-N-C-O-R-N-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Les cornes des bœufs, des vaches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how encornure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
elles me firent penser de deux jeunes taures, l’une desquelles avance le front pour folâtrer, tandis que l’autre, défiante et déjà malicieuse de son encornure, l’attend pour la heurter traîtreusement.
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.