enflure

\ɑ̃.flyʁ\

/\ɑ̃.flyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“enflure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,643
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est enflé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enflure · enflure · French

enflure · rank #25,643 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,643
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enfermement

Nearest frequency peer: enfermement (-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 « enflure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « enflure » 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).

enflure vs enfuie
71% similar
enflure vs entouré
57% similar
enflure vs exclure
71% similar

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

Key facts for enflure
PropertyValue
Headwordenflure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.flyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,643
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enflure »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).enflurese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « enfermement » (#25,642), « entendit » (#25,644), « emprisonner » (#25,641). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enflure » est au #25,643. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around enflure (IPA \ɑ̃.flyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,643 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for enflure, with forms such as "efnlure", "enfflure", and "enfllure". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "enfuie", "entouré", "exclure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is enflure, spelled E-N-F-L-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de ce qui est enflé.
  2. 2
    Chose enflée, bosse, tumeur.
  3. 3
    Outrecuidance, vanité démesurée, orgueil injustifié
  4. 4
    Amplification, exagération.
  5. 5
    Personne méprisable ou importune ; arnaqueur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’enflure du style, le vice d’un style enflé.
  2. L’enflure du cœur, l’orgueil et la vanité.

Synonyms

salaud

This word in other languages

swelling(English)hinchazón(Español)Beule(Deutsch)nó(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efnlure
  • enfflure
  • enfllure
  • enflrue
  • enfluer
  • enflurre
  • enfulre
  • enlfure
  • ennflure
  • neflure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enflure - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

efnlure2enfflure1enfllure1enflrue2enfluer2enflurre1enfulre2enlfure2
Edit distance from "enflure"

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 "enflure"?
"enflure" is spelled E-N-F-L-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.flyʁ\.
What does "enflure" mean?
As a noun, "enflure" means: État de ce qui est enflé.
What words are commonly confused with "enflure"?
"enflure" is commonly confused with "enfuie", "entouré", "exclure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enflure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enflure" is \ɑ̃.flyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enflure" come from?
"enflure" 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 "enflure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Esteban#25,645dériver#25,632gobelet#25,667générée#25,671

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

grimpé10 variantshindous10 variantsignorée10 variantsimitant10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list