enclave

\ɑ̃.klav\

/\ɑ̃.klav\/ noun

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The verdict

“enclave” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,306. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,306
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terrain, territoire entièrement enfermé dans un autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enclave · enclave · French

enclave · rank #21,306 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,306
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH empruntant

Nearest frequency peer: empruntant (-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 « enclave »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « enclave » 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).

enclave vs enlève
71% similar
enclave vs esclave
86% similar
enclave vs entrave
71% similar

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

Key facts for enclave
PropertyValue
Headwordenclave
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.klav\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,306
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enclave »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.enclavese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « empruntant » (#21,305), « endurer » (#21,307), « enthousiastes » (#21,308). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enclave » est au #21,306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around enclave (IPA \ɑ̃.klav\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,306 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for enclave, with forms such as "ecnlave", "encalve", and "encclave". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "enlève", "esclave", "entrave", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is enclave, spelled E-N-C-L-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terrain, territoire entièrement enfermé dans un autre.
  2. 2
    Territoire, pays qui est enclavé, enfermé dans un autre, entièrement ou en partie, sans en dépendre.
  3. 3
    Ouvrage engagé dans un autre et empiétant sur lui.
  4. 4
    Inclusion d'une roche dans une autre roche magmatique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette prairie est une enclave qui appartient à un tel et qui lui donne un droit de passage sur ma propriété.
  2. Cette terre fait une enclave ou fait enclave dans la vôtre.

This word in other languages

enclave(English)enclave(Español)Enklave(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecnlave
  • encalve
  • encclave
  • enclaev
  • enclavve
  • encllave
  • enclvae
  • enlcave
  • ennclave
  • neclave

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecnlave2encalve2encclave1enclaev2enclavve1encllave1enclvae2enlcave2
Edit distance from "enclave"

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 "enclave"?
"enclave" is spelled E-N-C-L-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.klav\.
What does "enclave" mean?
As a noun, "enclave" means: Terrain, territoire entièrement enfermé dans un autre.
What words are commonly confused with "enclave"?
"enclave" is commonly confused with "enlève", "esclave", "entrave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enclave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enclave" is \ɑ̃.klav\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enclave" come from?
"enclave" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

endurer#21,307entrait#21,309freedom#21,326Giorgio#21,329

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list