envelop
/ɛnˈvɛləp/verb
envelop is spelled E-N-V-E-L-O-P: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “envelop vs envelope” about 720 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, envelop means “To surround, enclose or enfold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in envelop?
| Letters | 7: E-N-V-E-L-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is envelop?
Envelop appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 envelop?
- /ɛnˈvɛləp/
Envelop has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-envelop.ogg, En-uk-envelop.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with envelop
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: envelope.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of envelop
- envelops present, singular, he/she/it
- enveloping participle, present
- enveloped participle, past
- invelop
- invelope
- envelope
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does envelop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To surround, enclose or enfold.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Envelop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to surround or enclose:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | envelopper |
| German | einhüllen, umhüllen |
| Portuguese | envolver |
| Spanish | envolver |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does envelop come from?
From Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopper), from en- + voloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare; Old Italian alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlappaną, *wrappaną (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) http://www.wordnik.com/words/envelop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).