englobe
\ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\
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
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de englober.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | englobe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “englobe” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around englobe (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,869 among 201,161 “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
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de englober.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de englober.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de englober.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de englober.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de englober.
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.
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 “englobe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-G-L-O-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “englober” - see the side-by-side comparison. englobe vs englober
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.