énarque

\e.naʁk\

/\e.naʁk\/ noun

The verdict

“énarque” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,700. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,700
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élève d’une École nationale d’administration.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enarque · énarque · French

énarque · rank #47,700 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,700
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH émoluments

Nearest frequency peer: émoluments (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « énarque »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « énarque » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

énarque vs Enrique
57% similar
énarque vs embarque
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for énarque
PropertyValue
Headwordénarque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.naʁk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,700
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « énarque »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).énarquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « émoluments » (#47,699), « épaulettes » (#47,701), « émerveillés » (#47,698). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « énarque » est au #47,700. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around énarque (IPA \e.naʁk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,700 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for énarque, with forms such as "enarque", "néarque", and "éanrque". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Enrique", "embarque", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is énarque, spelled É-N-A-R-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élève d’une École nationale d’administration.
  2. 2
    Ancien élève d’une École nationale d’administration.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how énarque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je lui ai dit : « Mais enfin, Victor, tu rêves. Ton père est ambassadeur, tu es énarque, tu seras comte un jour (au grand dépit d’Hippolyte), et ces choses-là ont encore une certaine importance, tu sais. Et puis tu hériteras de 6,67 % d’un immeuble dans le quartier vert du monopoly ^([sic]) (moins si Papa rengrosse Maman, mais ça devient improbable). D’ac…
  2. Il a attrapé la grosse tête depuis qu’il est énarque.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enarque
  • néarque
  • éanrque
  • énaqrue
  • énarqeu
  • énarqque
  • énarrque
  • énaruqe
  • énnarque
  • énraque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of énarque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

enarque1néarque2éanrque2énaqrue2énarqeu2énarqque1énarrque1énaruqe2
Edit distance from "énarque"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "énarque"?
"énarque" is spelled É-N-A-R-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.naʁk\.
What does "énarque" mean?
As a noun, "énarque" means: Élève d’une École nationale d’administration.
What words are commonly confused with "énarque"?
"énarque" is commonly confused with "Enrique", "embarque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "énarque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "énarque" is \e.naʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "énarque" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "énarque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list