engager

\ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\

/\ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“engager” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,071
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en gage, donner en gage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-engager · engager · French

engager · rank #3,071 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,071
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH favorable

Nearest frequency peer: favorable (+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 « engager »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « engager » 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).

engager vs enragé
57% similar
engager vs entamer
71% similar
engager vs enrayer
71% similar

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

Key facts for engager
PropertyValue
Headwordengager
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,071
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « engager »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.engagerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « favorable » (#3,072), « dizaines » (#3,069), « feuille » (#3,073). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « engager » est au #3,071. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around engager (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,071 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for engager, with forms such as "egnager", "enagger", and "engaegr". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "enragé", "entamer", "enrayer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is engager, spelled E-N-G-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre en gage, donner en gage.
  2. 2
    Donner pour assurance.
  3. 3
    Servir de caution à quelqu’un.
  4. 4
    Lier par une promesse qui doit être exécutée, par une convention qui doit être respectée.
  5. 5
    Promettre en mariage.
  6. 6
    Fournir un emploi ou une fonction, par un contrat déterminé, soit pour un temps, soit pour toujours.
  7. 7
    Faire entrer une chose dans une autre où elle est prise.
  8. 8
    Commencer une lutte, un combat, voire une querelle, une discussion.
  9. 9
    Inviter à un dîner.
  10. 10
    Être empêché par une invitation antérieure d’en accepter une autre.
  11. 11
    Induire, exhorter, pousser à.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un peu plus tard il avait trouvé chez elle "une indication" du mont-de-piété qui prouvait qu’elle avait engagé deux bracelets.
  2. Engager ses meubles, ses bijoux, sa montre.

This word in other languages

engage(English)empeñar(Español)verpfänden(Deutsch)comprometer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnager
  • enagger
  • engaegr
  • engagerr
  • engagger
  • engagre
  • enggaer
  • enggager
  • enngager
  • negager

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engager - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

egnager2enagger2engaegr2engagerr1engagger1engagre2enggaer2enggager1
Edit distance from "engager"

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 "engager"?
"engager" is spelled E-N-G-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\.
What does "engager" mean?
As a verb, "engager" means: Mettre en gage, donner en gage.
What words are commonly confused with "engager"?
"engager" is commonly confused with "enragé", "entamer", "enrayer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "engager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engager" is \ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engager" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "engager", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

feuille#3,073directe#3,067destiné#3,066fortune#3,076

Similar misspelling depth

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

bouteille10 variantsMontage10 variantspiscine10 variantssuivent10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list