engloutir
\ɑ̃.ɡlu.tiʁ\
The verdict
“engloutir” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,373
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avaler gloutonnement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-engloutir · engloutir · French
engloutir · rank #36,373 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,373
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enroulée
Nearest frequency peer: enroulée (+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 « engloutir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- embauchée
embauchée
63,632 corpus weight
- engloutir
engloutir
63,628 corpus weight
- enroulée
enroulée
63,627 corpus weight
- envolées
envolées
63,626 corpus weight
- Essec
Essec
63,624 corpus weight
- Eusèbe
Eusèbe
63,623 corpus weight
What this shows « engloutir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | engloutir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡlu.tiʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « engloutir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around engloutir (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡlu.tiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,373 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for engloutir, with forms such as "egnloutir", "enggloutir", and "englloutir". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "engloutis", "englouti", "engloutie", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is engloutir, spelled E-N-G-L-O-U-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Avaler gloutonnement.
- 2Consumer des biens, en parlant de la fortune.
- 3Engouffrer, faire disparaître dans un gouffre, dans un abîme ; submerger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how engloutir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il tenait levée une pleine fourchette de haricots qu'il allait engloutir.
Pendant les trois semaines précédant le Carême 1667, la maison de la princesse Palatine aura ainsi englouti 200 unités vendues par le marchand de volailles, dont une quinzaine de chapons et autant de chapons gras.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egnloutir
- enggloutir
- englloutir
- englotuir
- englouitr
- engloutirr
- engloutri
- englouttir
- engluotir
- engolutir
- enlgoutir
- enngloutir
- negloutir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engloutir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).