enchanter
\ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“enchanter” is uncommon French (frequency #55,926 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,926
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Charmer, ensorceler par des sons, par des paroles, par des figures, par des opérations magiques.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enchanter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enchanter” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
enchanter is uncommon French at frequency #55,926 among 201,161 “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
- 1Charmer, ensorceler par des sons, par des paroles, par des figures, par des opérations magiques.
- 2Emplir d’un vif plaisir, d’une grande admiration.
- 3Se pénétrer d’un vif plaisir, d’une grande admiration.
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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 “enchanter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-C-H-A-N-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ʃɑ̃.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.