encourue

\ɑ̃.ku.ʁy\

/\ɑ̃.ku.ʁy\/ verb

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The verdict

“encourue” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,410. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,410
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-encourue · encourue · French

encourue · rank #43,410 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,410
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enchaînements

Nearest frequency peer: enchaînements (-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 « encourue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « encourue » 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).

encourue vs entouré
63% similar
encourue vs entourée
75% similar
encourue vs encourus
88% similar

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

Key facts for encourue
PropertyValue
Headwordencourue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ku.ʁy\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,410
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « encourue »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.encouruese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « enchaînements » (#43,409), « Enedis » (#43,411), « empoche » (#43,408). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « encourue » est au #43,410. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around encourue (IPA \ɑ̃.ku.ʁy\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,410 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de encourir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for encourue, with forms such as "ecnourue", "enccourue", and "encoruue". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "entouré", "entourée", "encourus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is encourue, spelled E-N-C-O-U-R-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de encourir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est punir en crime un petit délit et faire subir à Stendhal romancier la peine encourue par Stendhal polygraphe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecnourue
  • enccourue
  • encoruue
  • encoureu
  • encourrue
  • encouure
  • encuorue
  • enncourue
  • enocurue
  • necourue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecnourue2enccourue1encoruue2encoureu2encourrue1encouure2encuorue2enncourue1
Edit distance from "encourue"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enfumage#43,412ennuyais#43,414déviance#43,404envoyais#43,417

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

empoche10 variantsdénudée10 variantsdébouté10 variantsfaiblir10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list