Which to use
“encourue” and “entouré” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,410
- “encourue” frequency rank
- #4,574
- “entouré” frequency rank
- 47984
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encourue | entouré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de encourir. | Participe passé masculin du verbe entourer. |
Where the eye mixes encourue and entouré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. encourue runs 8 letters (VCCVVCVV) against entouré's 7 (VCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses encourue with entouré
A purely visual mix-up. encourue (\ɑ̃.ku.ʁy\) and entouré (\ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\) 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 47984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encourue is recorded at frequency rank #43,410, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ku.ʁy\. entouré is at rank #4,574, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\.
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 47984, this pair ranks #182,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encourue vs entouré
Shared letters: enoru. Private to "encourue": c. Private to "entouré": té.
"encourue" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV · "entouré" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encourue ← ecnourue · enccourue · encoruue · encoureu · encourrue · encouure · encuorue · enncourue
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encourue" and "entouré" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "encourue" or "entouré" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "encourue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entouré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encourue" and "entouré" 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 #182,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.