enfante
\ɑ̃.fɑ̃t\
The verdict
“enfante” is uncommon French (frequency #77,482 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,482
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fille qui n’a pas encore atteint l’adolescence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enfante · enfante · French
enfante · rank #77,482 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,482
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH endormant
Nearest frequency peer: endormant (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « enfante »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- emplir
emplir
22,522 corpus weight
- emportement
emportement
22,521 corpus weight
- endormant
endormant
22,520 corpus weight
- enfante
enfante
22,519 corpus weight
- engageante
engageante
22,518 corpus weight
- ennuyés
ennuyés
22,516 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enfante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enfante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enfante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enfante is uncommon French at frequency #77,482 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fille qui n’a pas encore atteint l’adolescence.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for enfante, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is enfante, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Fille qui n’a pas encore atteint l’adolescence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enfante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’suis restée qu’une enfante.. qu’aurait grandi trop vite, dans un monde en super plastique j'veux retrouver... maman!
Des expertises avaient conclu que le nourrisson avait été victime du “syndrome du bébé secoué”. Cette petite fille, qui a atteint les 8 ans, demeure lourdement handicapée. L’assistante maternelle avait toujours nié le moindre geste violent envers cette enfante.
This word in other languages
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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