envelop
/ɛnˈvɛləp/
"envelop" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“envelop” is an uncommon English word, ranked #54,160 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #54,160
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To surround, enclose or enfold.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | envelop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɛnˈvɛləp/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “envelop” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for envelop is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɛnˈvɛləp/. Corpus data places it at rank #54,160 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To surround, enclose or enfold.".
envelop has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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 (“t… The correct English form is envelop, spelled E-N-V-E-L-O-P.
Definition
- 1To surround, enclose or enfold.
Etymology
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. Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), Danish dialectal vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). Doublet of enwrap.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “envelop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-N-V-E-L-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.