enfermant
\ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“enfermant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,064
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de enfermer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enfermant · enfermant · French
enfermant · rank #49,064 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,064
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH entorses
Nearest frequency peer: entorses (+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 « enfermant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- employons
employons
50,941 corpus weight
- enchevêtrem…
enchevêtrement
50,940 corpus weight
- encourir
encourir
50,939 corpus weight
- enfermant
enfermant
50,937 corpus weight
- entorses
entorses
50,936 corpus weight
- EPO
EPO
50,934 corpus weight
What this shows « enfermant » 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 | enfermant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enfermant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around enfermant (IPA \ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,064 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de enfermer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for enfermant, with forms such as "efnermant", "enefrmant", and "enfemrant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "enferment", "énervant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is enfermant, spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de enfermer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enfermant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plutôt que l’ouverture prédite vers le monde (celle du Christ), c’est un enfermement qui est présagé ici, puisque Maria Casarès compte « réangéliser » Agnès en l’enfermant.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efnermant
- enefrmant
- enfemrant
- enferamnt
- enfermannt
- enfermantt
- enfermatn
- enfermmant
- enfermnat
- enferrmant
- enffermant
- enfremant
- ennfermant
- nefermant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enfermant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).