endormir

\ɑ̃.dɔʁ.miʁ\

/\ɑ̃.dɔʁ.miʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“endormir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,314. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,314
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire dormir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-endormir · endormir · French

endormir · rank #9,314 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,314
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Elisabeth

Nearest frequency peer: Elisabeth (-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 « endormir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « endormir » 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).

endormir vs endormis
88% similar
endormir vs endormi
88% similar
endormir vs endormie
88% similar

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

Key facts for endormir
PropertyValue
Headwordendormir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.dɔʁ.miʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,314
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « endormir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).endormirse 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 « Elisabeth » (#9,313), « dépens » (#9,312), « eurent » (#9,316). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « endormir » est au #9,314. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around endormir (IPA \ɑ̃.dɔʁ.miʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,314 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for endormir, with forms such as "ednormir", "enddormir", and "endomrir". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "endormis", "endormi", "endormie", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is endormir, spelled E-N-D-O-R-M-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire dormir.
  2. 2
    Commencer à dormir, s’assoupir.
  3. 3
    Ennuyer, fatiguer jusqu’à provoquer le sommeil.
  4. 4
    Amuser quelqu’un, afin de le tromper et de l’empêcher d’agir.
  5. 5
    Engourdir.
  6. 6
    Euthanasier.
  7. 7
    Dérober, voler, chourer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Endormez cet enfant.
  2. Il est difficile à endormir.

Antonyms

réveiller

This word in other languages

put to sleep(English)adormecer(Español)einschläfern(Deutsch)adormecer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ednormir
  • enddormir
  • endomrir
  • endorimr
  • endormirr
  • endormmir
  • endormri
  • endorrmir
  • endromir
  • enndormir
  • enodrmir
  • nedormir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ednormir2enddormir1endomrir2endorimr2endormirr1endormmir1endormri2endorrmir1
Edit distance from "endormir"

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 "endormir"?
"endormir" is spelled E-N-D-O-R-M-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.dɔʁ.miʁ\.
What does "endormir" mean?
As a verb, "endormir" means: Faire dormir.
What words are commonly confused with "endormir"?
"endormir" is commonly confused with "endormis", "endormi", "endormie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "endormir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "endormir" is \ɑ̃.dɔʁ.miʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "endormir" come from?
"endormir" 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 "endormir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list