englobe

/\ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,869

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

englobe is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de englober. Pronounced \ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\. Often confused with englober.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of englobe in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for englobe is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ɡlɔb\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,869 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for englobe, with forms such as "egnlobe", "engglobe", and "englboe". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "englober", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is englobe, spelled E-N-G-L-O-B-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egnlobe,engglobe,englboe,engllobe,englobbe,engloeb,engolbe,enlgobe,ennglobe,neglobe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for englobe

Misspelling Variants of "englobe"

egnlobe7engglobe8englboe7engllobe8englobbe8engloeb7engolbe7enlgobe7
Misspelling Variants of "englobe"

Frequency rank: #16,869 in French

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.