Which to use
“encourir” and “encourt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,062
- “encourir” frequency rank
- #38,781
- “encourt” frequency rank
- 87843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encourir | encourt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Attirer sur soi, faciliter la survenue, la réalisation, d'un châtiment, d'une peine venant d’une autorité supérieure, d'une pénalité, d'un jugement moral. Le sens de ce verbe contient une connotation de probabilité mais non de certitude : l'objet encouru n'est pas systématiquement réalisé (une peine encourue n'est pas systématiquement appliquée). | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de encourir. |
Where the eye mixes encourir and encourt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. encourir runs 8 letters (VCCVVCVC) against encourt's 7 (VCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: encourir vs encourt
A purely visual mix-up. encourir (\ɑ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\) and encourt (\ɑ̃.kuʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encourir is recorded at frequency rank #49,062, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ku.ʁiʁ\. encourt is at rank #38,781, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.kuʁ\.
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 87843, this pair ranks #7,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of encourir vs encourt
Shared letters: cenoru. Private to "encourir": i. Private to "encourt": t.
"encourir" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC · "encourt" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encourir" and "encourt" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "encourir" or "encourt"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "encourir" and "encourt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encourir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encourt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encourir" and "encourt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encourir vs encourue". 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 #7,729 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.