Which to use
“encerclée” and “encerclés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,917
- “encerclée” frequency rank
- #42,316
- “encerclés” frequency rank
- 86233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encerclée | encerclés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de encercler. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de encercler. |
Same sound, different letters: encerclée vs encerclés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. encerclée (VCCVCCCVV) and encerclés (VCCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: encerclée vs encerclés
This is the hard kind. encerclée and encerclés are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “encerclée” becomes s in “encerclés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encerclée is recorded at frequency rank #43,917, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle\. encerclés is at rank #42,316, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 86233, this pair ranks #10,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of encerclée vs encerclés
Shared letters: celnré. Private to "encerclée": -. Private to "encerclés": s.
"encerclée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVV · "encerclés" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encerclée" and "encerclés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "encerclée" vs "encerclés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "encerclée" / "encerclés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "encerclée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encerclés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encerclée" and "encerclés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encerclée vs encercler". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #10,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.