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<FILING-DATE>20090218
<DATE-OF-FILING-DATE-CHANGE>20090218
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<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>MEDLEN NORMAN R
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<ACT>34
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<FILM-NUMBER>09619851
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<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>1410 MILLWOOD RD
<STREET2>C/O ENCORE WIRE CORP
<CITY>MCKINNEY
<STATE>TX
<ZIP>75069
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>ENCORE WIRE CORP /DE/
<CIK>0000850460
<ASSIGNED-SIC>3350
<IRS-NUMBER>752274963
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
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<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>1329 MILLWOOD RD
<STREET2>P O BOX 1149
<CITY>MCKINNEY
<STATE>TX
<ZIP>75069
<PHONE>2145629473
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<STREET1>1329 MILLWOOD RD
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<CITY>MCKINNEY
<STATE>TX
<ZIP>75069
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</ISSUER>
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
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    <periodOfReport>2009-02-13</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000850460</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ENCORE WIRE CORP /DE/</issuerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75069</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Controller</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-02-13</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2556.419</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>21.47</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(k) Plan</value>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price.  The reporting person undertakes to provide to Encore Wire Corporation, any security holder of Encore Wire Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range of prices the stock was sold at.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Frank J. Bilban, attorney in fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-02-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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