engendre

\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\

/\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“engendre” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,761
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de engendrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-engendre · engendre · French

engendre · rank #11,761 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,761
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH envahir

Nearest frequency peer: envahir (+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 « engendre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « engendre » 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).

engendre vs étendre
63% similar
engendre vs entende
75% similar
engendre vs entendre
88% similar

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

Key facts for engendre
PropertyValue
Headwordengendre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,761
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « engendre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).engendrese 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 « envahir » (#11,762), « détestent » (#11,759), « envoyées » (#11,763). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « engendre » est au #11,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around engendre (IPA \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,761 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for engendre, with forms such as "egnendre", "enegndre", and "engednre". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "étendre", "entende", "entendre", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is engendre, spelled E-N-G-E-N-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de engendrer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de engendrer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de engendrer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de engendrer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de engendrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il semble que les salaires aient été surindexés et qu’une hausse des prix de détail engendre, à long terme, une hausse un peu plus forte du taux de salaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnendre
  • enegndre
  • engednre
  • engenddre
  • engender
  • engendrre
  • engenndre
  • engenrde
  • enggendre
  • engnedre
  • enngendre
  • negendre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engendre - 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.

egnendre2enegndre2engednre2engenddre1engender2engendrre1engenndre1engenrde2
Edit distance from "engendre"

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 "engendre"?
"engendre" is spelled E-N-G-E-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\.
What does "engendre" mean?
As a verb, "engendre" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de engendrer.
What words are commonly confused with "engendre"?
"engendre" is commonly confused with "étendre", "entende", "entendre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "engendre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engendre" is \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engendre" come from?
"engendre" 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 "engendre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

envoyées#11,763désireux#11,758dédicace#11,756exploite#11,770

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

familiaux12 variantscouvrent12 variantscouvrant12 variantslégalité12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list