enflé

\ɑ̃.fle\

/\ɑ̃.fle\/ adj

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The verdict

“enflé” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,318. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,318
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est soumis à une enflure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enfle · enflé · French

enflé · rank #42,318 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,318
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH endure

Nearest frequency peer: endure (-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 « enflé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « enflé » 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).

enflé vs entre
40% similar
enflé vs envie
40% similar
enflé vs étale
20% similar

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

Key facts for enflé
PropertyValue
Headwordenflé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.fle\
Letters5
Frequency rank#42,318
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enflé »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.enflése 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 « endure » (#42,317), « enfonçant » (#42,319), « encerclés » (#42,316). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enflé » est au #42,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around enflé (IPA \ɑ̃.fle\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,318 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est soumis à une enflure.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for enflé, with forms such as "efnlé", "enfflé", and "enfle". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "entre", "envie", "étale", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is enflé, spelled E-N-F-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est soumis à une enflure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Soutenu de chaque côté, je sentais la plante de mes pieds enflée au point de me donner l'impression que chacun de mes pas s'enfonçait dans un nuage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efnlé
  • enfflé
  • enfle
  • enfllé
  • enfél
  • enlfé
  • ennflé
  • neflé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efnlé2enfflé1enfle1enfllé1enfél2enlfé2ennflé1neflé2
Edit distance from "enflé"

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 "enflé"?
"enflé" is spelled E-N-F-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.fle\.
What does "enflé" mean?
As an adjective, "enflé" means: Qui est soumis à une enflure.
What words are commonly confused with "enflé"?
"enflé" is commonly confused with "entre", "envie", "étale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enflé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enflé" is \ɑ̃.fle\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enflé" come from?
"enflé" 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 "enflé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

figés#42,338drift#42,295forer#42,346degli#42,274

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

diodes8 variantsGemini8 variantsGideon8 variantsgigolo8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list