encourager

\ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\

/\ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“encourager” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,857
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inciter à avoir du courage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-encourager · encourager · French

encourager · rank #4,857 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,857
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exige

Nearest frequency peer: exige (+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 « encourager »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « encourager » 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).

encourager vs entourage
80% similar
encourager vs encouragez
90% similar
encourager vs encourage
90% similar

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

Key facts for encourager
PropertyValue
Headwordencourager
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,857
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « encourager »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).encouragerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exige » (#4,858), « dépense » (#4,855), « exigences » (#4,859). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « encourager » est au #4,857. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around encourager (IPA \ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,857 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for encourager, with forms such as "ecnourager", "enccourager", and "encoruager". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "entourage", "encouragez", "encourage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is encourager, spelled E-N-C-O-U-R-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inciter à avoir du courage.
  2. 2
    Favoriser le progrès, le développement d’une affaire en parlant du commerce, de l’industrie.
  3. 3
    Inciter quelqu’un à faire pour le mieux
  4. 4
    Exciter quelqu'un, le pousser, le provoquer à ce qu'il a déjà en disposition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how encourager appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les chanteurs sont supérieurs à ceux du même ordre entendus à Paris. La salle, bondée, les encourage par des ovations.
  2. Il m’a encouragé pour les exams, initié au cinéma, m’a abonné au Monde, offert une deuch pour mes vingt et un ans.

Antonyms

décourager

This word in other languages

encourage(English)animar(Español)ermuntern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecnourager
  • enccourager
  • encoruager
  • encouarger
  • encouraegr
  • encouragerr
  • encouragger
  • encouragre
  • encourgaer
  • encourrager
  • encuorager
  • enncourager
  • enocurager
  • necourager

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encourager - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ecnourager2enccourager1encoruager2encouarger2encouraegr2encouragerr1encouragger1encouragre2
Edit distance from "encourager"

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 "encourager"?
"encourager" is spelled E-N-C-O-U-R-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe\.
What does "encourager" mean?
As a verb, "encourager" means: Inciter à avoir du courage.
What words are commonly confused with "encourager"?
"encourager" is commonly confused with "entourage", "encouragez", "encourage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "encourager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encourager" 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 "encourager" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

invitation14 variantsmalheureux14 variantsMicrosoft14 variantsorchestre14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list