engendrer

\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁe\

/\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“engendrer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,368. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,368
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Produire son semblable par voie de génération, en parlant de l’homme et des animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-engendrer · engendrer · French

engendrer · rank #15,368 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,368
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH encourageant

Nearest frequency peer: encourageant (-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 « engendrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « engendrer » 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).

engendrer vs entendre
78% similar
engendrer vs engendrés
78% similar
engendrer vs entendrez
78% similar

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

Key facts for engendrer
PropertyValue
Headwordengendrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,368
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « engendrer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).engendrerse 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 « encourageant » (#15,367), « emblématiques » (#15,366), « effectuent » (#15,365). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « engendrer » est au #15,368. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around engendrer (IPA \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,368 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for engendrer, with forms such as "egnendrer", "enegndrer", and "engednrer". 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, "entendre", "engendrés", "entendrez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is engendrer, spelled E-N-G-E-N-D-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Produire son semblable par voie de génération, en parlant de l’homme et des animaux.
  2. 2
    Reproduire sa propre divinité dans une autre personne trine et consubstantielle.
  3. 3
    Produire ; faire naître.
  4. 4
    Décrire ou produire une figure géométrique par son mouvement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Et où vont-ils ? — Oh ! mon Dieu ! rue Montorgueil ; il y a là un ministre huguenot de ma connaissance ; il a une femme et six enfants. Ces hérétiques engendrent énormément.
  2. En face des deux bâtards, Pierre semblait un étranger, il différait d’eux profondément, pour quiconque ne pénétrait pas les racines mêmes de son être. Jamais enfant ne fut à pareil point la moyenne équilibrée des deux créatures qui l’avaient engendré. Il était un juste milieu entre le paysan Rougon et la fille nerveuse Adélaïde.

This word in other languages

beget(English)engendrar(Español)verursachen(Deutsch)gerar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnendrer
  • enegndrer
  • engednrer
  • engenddrer
  • engenderr
  • engendrerr
  • engendrrer
  • engenndrer
  • engenrder
  • enggendrer
  • engnedrer
  • enngendrer
  • negendrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

egnendrer2enegndrer2engednrer2engenddrer1engenderr2engendrerr1engendrrer1engenndrer1
Edit distance from "engendrer"

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 "engendrer"?
"engendrer" is spelled E-N-G-E-N-D-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁe\.
What does "engendrer" mean?
As a verb, "engendrer" means: Produire son semblable par voie de génération, en parlant de l’homme et des animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "engendrer"?
"engendrer" is commonly confused with "entendre", "engendrés", "entendrez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "engendrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engendrer" is \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engendrer" come from?
"engendrer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

différend#15,352corrompus#15,346funéraire#15,391corneille#15,344

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

effectuent13 variantsdétaillées13 variantsespèrent13 variantsdiscrets13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list