enviable
/ˈɛn.vi.ə.bl̩/
"enviable" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enviable” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,046. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,046
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enviable · enviable · English
enviable · rank #34,046 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #34,046
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH entrust
Nearest frequency peer: entrust (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “enviable”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Englishmen
Englishmen
65,958 corpus weight
- enslavement
enslavement
65,957 corpus weight
- entrust
entrust
65,956 corpus weight
- enviable
enviable
65,955 corpus weight
- epidemiolog…
epidemiological
65,954 corpus weight
- epithet
epithet
65,953 corpus weight
What this shows “enviable” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enviable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɛn.vi.ə.bl̩/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “enviable”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around enviable (IPA /ˈɛn.vi.ə.bl̩/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,046 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Arousing or likely to arouse envy.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for enviable, with forms such as "enivable", "ennviable", and "envaible". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "enable", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enviable From envy + -able (suffix meaning ‘able… The correct English form is enviable, spelled E-N-V-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enviable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sundrie other Gent[lemen] reſt beholden to this hundred, for their dvvellings, vvho, in an enuiable mediocritie of fortune, do happilie poſſeſſe themſelues, and communicate their ſufficient means to the ſeruice of their prince, the good of their neighbours, and the bettering of their ovvn eſtate: […]
In the course I have taken, I have met, and do daily meet, so many vexations, that I may with truth assure you, that my situation is anything rather than enviable, though it is my happiness to act with those that are far the best that probably ever were engaged in the public service of this country at any time.
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French enviebor. Middle English envie English envy Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enviable From envy + -able (suffix meaning ‘able or fit to be done’ forming adjectives).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enivable
- ennviable
- envaible
- enviabble
- enviabel
- enviablle
- envialbe
- envibale
- enviible
- envviable
- evniable
- neviable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enviable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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