Which to use
“encore” is an adverb and “encres” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #85
- “encore” frequency rank
- #34,521
- “encres” frequency rank
- 34606
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encore | encres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui sert à marquer que l’action ou l’état dont il s’agit se continue, se continuera ou s’est continué jusqu’au temps indiqué par le verbe ou par les autres circonstances du discours. Pour la négation, voir pas encore. | Pluriel de encre. |
Where the eye mixes encore and encres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. encore (VCCVCV) and encres (VCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses encore with encres
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: encore is \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\ while encres is \ɑ̃kʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34606, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encore is recorded at frequency rank #85, classified as anadv, pronounced \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\. encres is at rank #34,521, 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 34606, this pair ranks #282,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encore vs encres
Shared letters: cenr. Private to "encore": o. Private to "encres": s.
"encore" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "encres" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "encore" for "encres" ever safe?
Which is more common, "encore" or "encres"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "encore" and "encres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encore" and "encres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encres vs énerves". 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 #282,654 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.