Which to use
“enchère” and “encre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,990
- “enchère” frequency rank
- #7,055
- “encre” frequency rank
- 33045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enchère | encre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Offre d’un prix supérieur à la mise à prix, ou au prix qu’un autre a déjà offert, en parlant des choses qui se vendent ou s’afferment au plus offrant. | Liquide ordinairement noir dont on se sert pour écrire, pour imprimer. |
Where the eye mixes enchère and encre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: enchère vs encre
A purely visual mix-up. enchère (\ɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\) and encre (\ɑ̃kʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enchère is recorded at frequency rank #25,990, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\. encre is at rank #7,055, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃kʁ\.
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 33045, this pair ranks #293,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enchère vs encre
Shared letters: cenr. Private to "enchère": hè. Private to "encre": -.
"enchère" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "encre" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encre ← ecnre · enccre · encer · encrre · enncre · enrce · necre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enchère" for "encre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enchère" vs "encre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "enchère" and "encre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enchère" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #293,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enchère" and "encre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encre vs Enora". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #293,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.