englobe

\ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\

/\ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\/ verb

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The verdict

“englobe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,869
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-englobe · englobe · French

englobe · rank #16,869 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,869
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enchaînement

Nearest frequency peer: enchaînement (-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 « englobe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « englobe » 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).

englobe vs englober
88% similar

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

Key facts for englobe
PropertyValue
Headwordenglobe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,869
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « englobe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.englobese 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 « enchaînement » (#16,868), « emplacements » (#16,867), « envol » (#16,871). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « englobe » est au #16,869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around englobe (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,869 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for englobe, with forms such as "egnlobe", "engglobe", and "englboe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "englober", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is englobe, spelled E-N-G-L-O-B-E.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ou bien on peut dire que le corps soluble imperméant attire l’eau ; c’est l’ancienne notion, que Reychler a cherché récemment à remettre en honneur. Ou bien, le corps imperméant presse comme un gaz, déplace la paroi, et celle-ci englobe ainsi de plus en plus d’eau (l’eau tendant à diffuser de dehors en dedans, puisqu’elle est à une concentration plus fort…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnlobe
  • engglobe
  • englboe
  • engllobe
  • englobbe
  • engloeb
  • engolbe
  • enlgobe
  • ennglobe
  • neglobe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

egnlobe2engglobe1englboe2engllobe1englobbe1engloeb2engolbe2enlgobe2
Edit distance from "englobe"

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

Same letter count

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

exagère#16,875fitness#16,881digérer#16,856gagnait#16,889

Similar misspelling depth

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

diarrhée10 variantsgardera10 variantscontour10 variantsconnecte10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list