enlace
verb
enlace is spelled E-N-L-A-C-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, enlace means “To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in enlace?
| Letters | 6: E-N-L-A-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is enlace?
Enlace appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce enlace?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-enlace.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with enlace?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as enlace.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: elance.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of enlace
- enlaces present, singular, he/she/it
- enlacing participle, present
- enlaced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does enlace mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace
But yet I may ſay ſafely, so many wel lettred Embraudred, enlaſid together, and fettred, And ſo little learning, ſo lewdly alowed, What fault find ye herein but may be avowed?
- 2
To entangle.
The chains of command are designed to enlace various departments.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does enlace come from?
From Old French enlacer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).