Énéide

\e.ne.id\

/\e.ne.id\/ name

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The verdict

“Énéide” is an uncommon French word, ranked #86,348 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#86,348
frequency rank, French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Poème héroïque de Virgile, qui relate les aventures du prince troyen Énée.

Key facts for Énéide
PropertyValue
HeadwordÉnéide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\e.ne.id\
Letters6
Frequency rank#86,348
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Énéide” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Énéide lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Énéide is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ne.id\. Corpus data places it at rank #86,348 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Poème héroïque de Virgile, qui relate les aventures du prince troyen Énée.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Énéide in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Énéide, spelled É-N-É-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poème héroïque de Virgile, qui relate les aventures du prince troyen Énée.

This word in other languages

Aeneid(English)

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 "Énéide"?
"Énéide" is spelled É-N-É-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ne.id\.
What does "Énéide" mean?
As a proper noun, "Énéide" means: Poème héroïque de Virgile, qui relate les aventures du prince troyen Énée.
How do you pronounce "Énéide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Énéide" is \e.ne.id\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Énéide" come from?
"Énéide" 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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Using “Énéide”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is É-N-É-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \e.ne.id\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list