Which to use
“encourues” and “encourus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,920
- “encourues” frequency rank
- #35,495
- “encourus” frequency rank
- 79415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encourues | encourus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de encourir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe encourir. |
Same sound, different letters: encourues vs encourus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. encourues runs 9 letters (VCCVVCVVC) against encourus's 8 (VCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - encourues / encourus
This is the hard kind. encourues and encourus are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ku.ʁy\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encourues is recorded at frequency rank #43,920, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ku.ʁy\. encourus is at rank #35,495, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ku.ʁy\.
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 79415, this pair ranks #23,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of encourues vs encourus
Shared letters: cenorsu. Private to "encourues": -. Private to "encourus": -.
"encourues" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVVC · "encourus" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encourues" and "encourus" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "encourues" or "encourus"?
What to do next
"encourues" and "encourus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "encourues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encourus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encourues" and "encourus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encourue vs encourues". 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 #23,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.