Which to use
“encours” is a noun and “encourt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,842
- “encours” frequency rank
- #38,781
- “encourt” frequency rank
- 61623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encours | encourt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Montant des titres représentant des engagements financiers en cours. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de encourir. |
Same sound, different letters: encours vs encourt
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. encours and encourt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: encours vs encourt
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: encours and encourt carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.kuʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - s in “encours” becomes t in “encourt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encours is recorded at frequency rank #22,842, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.kuʁ\. 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 61623, this pair ranks #91,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of encours vs encourt
Shared letters: cenoru. Private to "encours": s. Private to "encourt": t.
"encours" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC · "encourt" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "encours" and "encourt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "encours" or "encourt"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "encours" 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 #91,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encours" and "encourt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encourir vs encourt". 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 #91,297 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.