enclaves
\ɑ̃.klav\
The verdict
“enclaves” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,271
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de enclave.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enclaves · enclaves · French
enclaves · rank #38,271 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,271
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH emportait
Nearest frequency peer: emportait (-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 « enclaves »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- embrassait
embrassait
61,734 corpus weight
- embrun
embrun
61,733 corpus weight
- emplettes
emplettes
61,732 corpus weight
- emportait
emportait
61,731 corpus weight
- enclaves
enclaves
61,730 corpus weight
- endettés
endettés
61,727 corpus weight
What this shows « enclaves » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | enclaves |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.klav\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enclaves »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around enclaves (IPA \ɑ̃.klav\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,271 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de enclave.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for enclaves, with forms such as "ecnlaves", "encalves", and "encclaves". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "esclave", "enlèves", "esclaves", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is enclaves, spelled E-N-C-L-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de enclave.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enclaves appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ses campagnes se désertifient, ses villages se disloquent, ses villes stagnent – tandis que ses enclaves aisées brillent de tous leurs feux derrière leurs grilles sur-protectrices.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecnlaves
- encalves
- encclaves
- enclaevs
- enclavess
- enclavse
- enclavves
- encllaves
- enclvaes
- enlcaves
- ennclaves
- neclaves
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enclaves - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enclaves", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).