Which to use
“encourue” is a verb and “entourée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,410
- “encourue” frequency rank
- #8,237
- “entourée” frequency rank
- 51647
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encourue | entourée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de encourir. | Féminin singulier de entouré. |
Where the eye mixes encourue and entourée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. encourue and entourée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: encourue vs entourée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: encourue is \ɑ̃.ku.ʁy\ while entourée is \ɑ̃.tu.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51647, 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\. entourée is at rank #8,237, tagged as anadj, 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 51647, this pair ranks #153,469 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encourue vs entourée
Shared letters: enoru. Private to "encourue": c. Private to "entourée": té.
"encourue" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV · "entourée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encourue ← ecnourue · enccourue · encoruue · encoureu · encourrue · encouure · encuorue · enncourue
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encourue" and "entourée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "encourue" vs "entourée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "encourue" and "entourée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encourue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entourée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,469 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encourue" and "entourée" 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 #153,469 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.