enjambées

\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be\

/\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be\/ noun

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The verdict

“enjambées” is uncommon French (frequency #66,717 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,717
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de enjambée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enjambees · enjambées · French

enjambées · rank #66,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,717
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH engourdi

Nearest frequency peer: engourdi (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « enjambées »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enjambées » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enjambées
PropertyValue
Headwordenjambées
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be\
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,717
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « enjambées » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).enjambéestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « engourdi » (#66,716), « ensilage » (#66,718), « entache » (#66,719). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enjambées » est au #66,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enjambées is uncommon French at frequency #66,717 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de enjambée.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for enjambées, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is enjambées, spelled E-N-J-A-M-B-É-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de enjambée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Spring tente et s’infiltre à grandes enjambées dans la défense rouge et noir mais ça ne sourit pas.

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 "enjambées"?
"enjambées" is spelled E-N-J-A-M-B-É-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be\.
What does "enjambées" mean?
As a noun, "enjambées" means: Pluriel de enjambée.
How do you pronounce "enjambées"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enjambées" is \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enjambées" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

enfuirent#66,714enfermait#66,712escoffier#66,723empruntes#66,708

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list