englobait
\ɑ̃.ɡlɔ.bɛ\
The verdict
“englobait” is uncommon French (frequency #80,178 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,178
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de englober.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | englobait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡlɔ.bɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “englobait” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
englobait is uncommon French at frequency #80,178 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ɡlɔ.bɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de englober.".
englobait has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 englobait, spelled E-N-G-L-O-B-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de englober.
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 “englobait”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-G-L-O-B-A-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ɡlɔ.bɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.