engine

\ɑ̃.ʒin\

/\ɑ̃.ʒin\/ verb

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The verdict

“engine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,009. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,009
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-engine · engine · French

engine · rank #31,009 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,009
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Engels

Nearest frequency peer: Engels (-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 « engine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « engine » 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).

engine vs envie
67% similar
engine vs épine
50% similar
engine vs entité
50% similar

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

Key facts for engine
PropertyValue
Headwordengine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ʒin\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,009
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « engine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).enginese 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 « Engels » (#31,008), « entassés » (#31,010), « entreposage » (#31,011). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « engine » est au #31,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around engine (IPA \ɑ̃.ʒin\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,009 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for engine, with forms such as "egnine", "enggine", and "engien". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "envie", "épine", "entité", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 engine, spelled E-N-G-I-N-E.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnine
  • enggine
  • engien
  • enginne
  • engnie
  • enigne
  • enngine
  • negine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egnine2enggine1engien2enginne1engnie2enigne2enngine1negine2
Edit distance from "engine"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Engels#31,008dédale#30,989filent#31,030Dustin#30,984

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

déesses8 variantsfission8 variantsglory8 variantsGuyenne8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list