enchanter

\ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te\

/\ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“enchanter” is uncommon French (frequency #55,926 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,926
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Charmer, ensorceler par des sons, par des paroles, par des figures, par des opérations magiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enchanter · enchanter · French

enchanter · rank #55,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,926
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH encan

Nearest frequency peer: encan (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « enchanter »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enchanter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enchanter
PropertyValue
Headwordenchanter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,926
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « enchanter » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).enchantertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « encan » (#55,925), « encombrante » (#55,927), « empêchez » (#55,924). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enchanter » est au #55,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enchanter is uncommon French at frequency #55,926 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

enchanter has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is enchanter, spelled E-N-C-H-A-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Charmer, ensorceler par des sons, par des paroles, par des figures, par des opérations magiques.
  2. 2
    Emplir d’un vif plaisir, d’une grande admiration.
  3. 3
    Se pénétrer d’un vif plaisir, d’une grande admiration.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le mépris où il tenait le nationalisme dont j’ai toujours eu l’aversion, le dédain qu’il témoignait pour les trémolos sur le grand air de patrie qui enchantaient le sentimentalisme alangui de mon cher Paul Deschanel achevèrent de m’attacher à lui.
  2. Si un vol facile, même de longue durée, peut enchanter, donner au pilote l’impression qu’il est un être supraterrestre, la difficulté aiguise l’énergie, accroît la volonté et accorde dans la lutte des satisfactions innombrables et dans la victoire un enivrement qui pousse à croire que l’homme est tout-puissant devant les éléments déchaînés.

Synonyms

ensorcelerravir

This word in other languages

enchant(English)encantar(Español)encantar(Português)

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 "enchanter"?
"enchanter" is spelled E-N-C-H-A-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te\.
What does "enchanter" mean?
As a verb, "enchanter" means: Charmer, ensorceler par des sons, par des paroles, par des figures, par des opérations magiques.
How do you pronounce "enchanter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enchanter" is \ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enchanter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

encombrée#55,928déçoivent#55,919dévaliser#55,917entrecôte#55,935

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list