encre
\ɑ̃kʁ\
The verdict
“encre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,055
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liquide ordinairement noir dont on se sert pour écrire, pour imprimer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encre · encre · French
encre · rank #7,055 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,055
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH envisage
Nearest frequency peer: envisage (+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 « encre »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- douloureux
douloureux
92,950 corpus weight
- dérive
dérive
92,949 corpus weight
- encre
encre
92,946 corpus weight
- envisage
envisage
92,945 corpus weight
- exécuter
exécuter
92,944 corpus weight
- foncé
foncé
92,943 corpus weight
What this shows « encre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃kʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « encre »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around encre (IPA \ɑ̃kʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,055 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for encre, with forms such as "ecnre", "enccre", and "encer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "EnR", "etre", "erre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is encre, spelled E-N-C-R-E.
Definition
- 1Liquide ordinairement noir dont on se sert pour écrire, pour imprimer.
- 2Substance très foncée projetée dans l’eau par les poulpes, seiches et calmars pour échapper à un prédateur.
- 3Maladie provoquant des écoulements noirâtres ; écoulement noirâtre en question.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le tactac des linos emplissait leurs oreilles. Fagerolle […] connaissait cette odeur poussiéreuse de plomb et de papier chargé d’encre fraîche.
Il y avait vraiment une malédiction du Ciel sur les ganaches de sacristie qui n’appréhendaient pas de manier une plume. Leur encre se muait aussitôt en une pâte, en un galipot, en une poix qui engluaient tout.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecnre
- enccre
- encer
- encrre
- enncre
- enrce
- necre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).