enhardir
\ɑ̃.aʁ.diʁ\
The verdict
“enhardir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre hardi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enhardir · enhardir · French
enhardir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enhardir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.aʁ.diʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enhardir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enhardir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.aʁ.diʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rendre hardi.".
Zero misspellings are on record for enhardir in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is enhardir, spelled E-N-H-A-R-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre hardi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enhardir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, dès qu’il vit Béatrix orpheline et sans appui, il s’enhardit au point de lui déclarer qu’il l’aimait.
Les mots qu'elle venait de me dire et son air de volonté m’enhardissaient à la prendre.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.