enchevêtrement
\ɑ̃.ʃə.vɛt.ʁə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“enchevêtrement” has 23 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,061. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,061
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
- 23
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d’enchevêtrer ou état d’une ou de plusieurs choses enchevêtrées.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enchevêtrement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ʃə.vɛt.ʁə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #49,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enchevêtrement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 23 spelling variants around enchevêtrement (IPA \ɑ̃.ʃə.vɛt.ʁə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,061 among 201,161 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action d’enchevêtrer ou état d’une ou de plusieurs choses enchevêtrées.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for enchevêtrement, with forms such as "ecnhevêtrement", "encchevêtrement", and "encehvêtrement". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is enchevêtrement, spelled E-N-C-H-E-V-Ê-T-R-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’enchevêtrer ou état d’une ou de plusieurs choses enchevêtrées.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecnhevêtrement
- encchevêtrement
- encehvêtrement
- enchevetrement
- enchevtêrement
- enchevvêtrement
- enchevêrtement
- enchevêterment
- enchevêtreemnt
- enchevêtremennt
- enchevêtrementt
- enchevêtremetn
- enchevêtremment
- enchevêtremnet
- enchevêtrmeent
- enchevêtrrement
- enchevêttrement
- encheêvtrement
- enchhevêtrement
- enchveêtrement
- enhcevêtrement
- ennchevêtrement
- nechevêtrement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enchevêtrement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “enchevêtrement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-C-H-E-V-Ê-T-R-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ʃə.vɛt.ʁə.mɑ̃\ (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.