engueuler

\ɑ̃.ɡœ.le\

/\ɑ̃.ɡœ.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“engueuler” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,126
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Invectiver grossièrement, longuement et bruyamment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-engueuler · engueuler · French

engueuler · rank #17,126 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #17,126
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH engageant

Nearest frequency peer: engageant (-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 « engueuler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « engueuler » 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).

engueuler vs engueule
89% similar

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

Key facts for engueuler
PropertyValue
Headwordengueuler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡœ.le\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,126
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « engueuler »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « engageant » (#17,125), « escadron » (#17,127), « Ellis » (#17,124). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « engueuler » est au #17,126. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around engueuler (IPA \ɑ̃.ɡœ.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,126 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for engueuler, with forms such as "egnueuler", "engeuuler", and "enggueuler". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "engueule", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is engueuler, spelled E-N-G-U-E-U-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Invectiver grossièrement, longuement et bruyamment.
  2. 2
    Gronder, réprimander, disputer.
  3. 3
    S'injurier mutuellement.
  4. 4
    Se disputer ; se quereller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On n'est pas là pour se faire engueuler, on est là pour voir le défilé.
  2. Ou es-tu de ceux qui croient que le ciel va s’effondrer parce qu’un nègre a osé, à la face du monde, engueuler un roi ?

Synonyms

emboucher

This word in other languages

reprender(Español)ankotzen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnueuler
  • engeuuler
  • enggueuler
  • engueluer
  • engueuelr
  • engueulerr
  • engueuller
  • engueulre
  • enguueler
  • enngueuler
  • enugeuler
  • negueuler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engueuler - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

egnueuler2engeuuler2enggueuler1engueluer2engueuelr2engueulerr1engueuller1engueulre2
Edit distance from "engueuler"

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 "engueuler"?
"engueuler" is spelled E-N-G-U-E-U-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡœ.le\.
What does "engueuler" mean?
As a verb, "engueuler" means: Invectiver grossièrement, longuement et bruyamment.
What words are commonly confused with "engueuler"?
"engueuler" is commonly confused with "engueule". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "engueuler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engueuler" is \ɑ̃.ɡœ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engueuler" come from?
"engueuler" 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 "engueuler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

engageant#17,125diagonale#17,111cultivées#17,107Churchill#17,094

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

escadron12 variantsdérision12 variantsfictions12 variantscultivée12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list