engrais

\ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ\

/\ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“engrais” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,578. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,578
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pâture qu’on donne à des volailles et aux bœufs destinés à la boucherie, pour les engraisser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-engrais · engrais · French

engrais · rank #11,578 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,578
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH environnement…

Nearest frequency peer: environnementales (+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 « engrais »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « engrais » 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).

engrais vs entrain
71% similar
engrais vs entrait
71% similar

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

Key facts for engrais
PropertyValue
Headwordengrais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,578
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « engrais »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).engraisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « environnementales » (#11,579), « escale » (#11,580), « emballage » (#11,575). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « engrais » est au #11,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around engrais (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,578 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for engrais, with forms such as "egnrais", "engaris", and "enggrais". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "entrain", "entrait", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is engrais, spelled E-N-G-R-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pâture qu’on donne à des volailles et aux bœufs destinés à la boucherie, pour les engraisser.
  2. 2
    Fumiers et autres matières organiques ou chimiques qu’on répand sur la terre ou qu’on y enfonce pour la fertiliser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mettre des chapons, des oies à l’engrais.
  2. Elle contient alors assez de sable pour être perméable et chaude ; assez d’argile pour être aérable, humide, tenace, conservatrice des engrais et favorable à la nitrification.

This word in other languages

fertilizer(English)estiércol(Español)Dünger(Deutsch)esterco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnrais
  • engaris
  • enggrais
  • engraiss
  • engrasi
  • engrias
  • engrrais
  • enngrais
  • enrgais
  • negrais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engrais - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

egnrais2engaris2enggrais1engraiss1engrasi2engrias2engrrais1enngrais1
Edit distance from "engrais"

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 "engrais"?
"engrais" is spelled E-N-G-R-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ\.
What does "engrais" mean?
As a noun, "engrais" means: Pâture qu’on donne à des volailles et aux bœufs destinés à la boucherie, pour les engraisser.
What words are commonly confused with "engrais"?
"engrais" is commonly confused with "entrain", "entrait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "engrais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engrais" is \ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engrais" come from?
"engrais" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "engrais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

fashion#11,582flipper#11,586Florian#11,587dominer#11,565

Similar misspelling depth

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

formelle10 variantshorreurs10 variantscroisée10 variantslanceur10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list