enceinte
\ɑ̃.sɛ̃t\
The verdict
“enceinte” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,317 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,317
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de enceint. — Note d’usage : quasiment toujours en parlant d’une femme et non d’un animal femelle.
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 | enceinte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.sɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enceinte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for enceinte is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.sɛ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,317 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin singulier de enceint. — Note d’usage : quasiment toujours en parlant d’une femme et non d’un animal femelle.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for enceinte, with forms such as "ecneinte", "encceinte", and "enceinet". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "entente", "éteinte", "enchanté", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is enceinte, spelled E-N-C-E-I-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de enceint. — Note d’usage : quasiment toujours en parlant d’une femme et non d’un animal femelle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecneinte,encceinte,enceinet,enceinnte,enceintte,enceitne,encenite,enciente,enecinte,ennceinte,neceinte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enceinte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “enceinte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-C-E-I-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.sɛ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “entente” - see the side-by-side comparison. enceinte vs entente
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.