engagement
\ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“engagement” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,222 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,222
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d’engager quelque chose ou résultat de cette action.
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 | engagement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “engagement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for engagement is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,222 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for engagement, with forms such as "egnagement", "enaggement", and "engaegment". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "engagent", "engouement", "engagements", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is engagement, spelled E-N-G-A-G-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’engager quelque chose ou résultat de cette action.
- 2Acte par lequel on cède à quelqu’un la jouissance d’un bien-fonds pour un temps déterminé.
- 3Action de s’engager par une promesse ou résultat de cette action.
- 4Enrôlement volontaire d’un soldat.
- 5Fait de s’engager à servir quelqu’un, une société, une entreprise pour un certain temps.
- 6Combat et surtout combat qui a lieu entre des corps détachés.
- 7Acte ou attitude de l'intellectuel ou de l'artiste qui, prenant conscience de son appartenance au monde, abandonne une position de simple spectateur et met sa personne, sa pensée ou son art au service d'une cause
- 8Procédure règlementée qui débute une séquence de jeu dans des sports tels le football ou le hockey sur glace, par laquelle l'objet utilisé (par ex. ballon, palet) est mis en jeu sur le terrain.
- 9Phénomène qui explique les raisons pour lesquelles une personne commet des actes de sa propre initiative.
- 10Inscription officielle d'un cheval comme participant à une course.
- 11Conditions de course pour un cheval, considérées relativement à ses chances de succès aux gains.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egnagement,enaggement,engaegment,engageemnt,engagemennt,engagementt,engagemetn,engagemment,engagemnet,engaggement,engagmeent,enggaement,enggagement,enngagement,negagement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engagement - 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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Using “engagement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-G-A-G-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “engagent” - see the side-by-side comparison. engagement vs engagent
- 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.