enclencher

\ɑ̃.klɑ̃.ʃe\

/\ɑ̃.klɑ̃.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“enclencher” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,310. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,310
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Allumer ou activer une machine ou un système.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enclencher · enclencher · French

enclencher · rank #37,310 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,310
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH emmènera

Nearest frequency peer: emmènera (-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 « enclencher »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « enclencher » 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).

enclencher vs enclenché
80% similar
enclencher vs enclenchée
80% similar

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

Key facts for enclencher
PropertyValue
Headwordenclencher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.klɑ̃.ʃe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,310
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enclencher »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).enclencherse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « emmènera » (#37,309), « encodage » (#37,311), « elio » (#37,308). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enclencher » est au #37,310. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around enclencher (IPA \ɑ̃.klɑ̃.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,310 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for enclencher, with forms such as "ecnlencher", "encclencher", and "encelncher". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "enclenché", "enclenchée", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 enclencher, spelled E-N-C-L-E-N-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Allumer ou activer une machine ou un système.
  2. 2
    Mettre en route.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ensuite il s'est baissé vers son mange-disque qui était resté posé par terre, et il a enclenché le disque laissant entendre ainsi sa chanson pénible.
  2. la décision d'employer des armes atomiques relève de deux ordres de considérations opposées; le désir de faire échec à l'attaque ennemie et la crainte d’enclencher un processus pouvant mener jusqu'au suicide réciproque.

Synonyms

déclencher

This word in other languages

engage(English)encender(Español)einschalten(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecnlencher
  • encclencher
  • encelncher
  • enclecnher
  • enclenccher
  • enclencehr
  • enclencherr
  • enclenchher
  • enclenchre
  • enclenhcer
  • enclenncher
  • encllencher
  • enclnecher
  • enlcencher
  • ennclencher
  • neclencher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enclencher - 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.

ecnlencher2encclencher1encelncher2enclecnher2enclenccher1enclencehr2enclencherr1enclenchher1
Edit distance from "enclencher"

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 "enclencher"?
"enclencher" is spelled E-N-C-L-E-N-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.klɑ̃.ʃe\.
What does "enclencher" mean?
As a verb, "enclencher" means: Allumer ou activer une machine ou un système.
What words are commonly confused with "enclencher"?
"enclencher" is commonly confused with "enclenché", "enclenchée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enclencher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enclencher" is \ɑ̃.klɑ̃.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enclencher" come from?
"enclencher" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

effectives#37,305exclusions#37,325diffusions#37,272géographes#37,354

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

dérogatoire16 variantsexploitable16 variantsdramaturgie16 variantsDostoïevski16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list