encouragée

\ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\

/\ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“encouragée” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,841. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,841
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de encourager.

Corpus desk

Index FR-encouragee · encouragée · French

encouragée · rank #22,841 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,841
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH embrassent

Nearest frequency peer: embrassent (-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 « encouragée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « encouragée » 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).

encouragée vs entourage
80% similar
encouragée vs encourager
80% similar
encouragée vs encouragez
80% similar

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

Key facts for encouragée
PropertyValue
Headwordencouragée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,841
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « encouragée »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « embrassent » (#22,840), « encours » (#22,842), « embarcation » (#22,839). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « encouragée » est au #22,841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around encouragée (IPA \ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,841 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de encourager.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for encouragée, with forms such as "ecnouragée", "enccouragée", and "encoruagée". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "entourage", "encourager", "encouragez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is encouragée, spelled E-N-C-O-U-R-A-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de encourager.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecnouragée
  • enccouragée
  • encoruagée
  • encouargée
  • encouragee
  • encourageé
  • encouraggée
  • encouraége
  • encourgaée
  • encourragée
  • encuoragée
  • enncouragée
  • enocuragée
  • necouragée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encouragée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ecnouragée2enccouragée1encoruagée2encouargée2encouragee1encourageé2encouraggée1encouraége2
Edit distance from "encouragée"

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 "encouragée"?
"encouragée" is spelled E-N-C-O-U-R-A-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\.
What does "encouragée" mean?
As a verb, "encouragée" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de encourager.
What words are commonly confused with "encouragée"?
"encouragée" is commonly confused with "entourage", "encourager", "encouragez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "encouragée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encouragée" is \ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encouragée" come from?
"encouragée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

embrassent#22,840entraînera#22,848facilitant#22,854consulaire#22,809

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

escargots14 variantsflorentin14 variantsFriedrich14 variantscombinées14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list