enjambement
\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“enjambement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Discordance entre les limites du vers et la syntaxe, qui affaiblit la pause rythmique à la rime, contrairement au rejet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enjambement · enjambement · French
enjambement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | enjambement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enjambement” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
enjambement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for enjambement, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is enjambement, spelled E-N-J-A-M-B-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Discordance entre les limites du vers et la syntaxe, qui affaiblit la pause rythmique à la rime, contrairement au rejet.
- 2Entrecroisement des chromosomes avec échange de segments, et recombinaison des gènes portés par ces segments.
- 3Croisement entre un style de musique et un autre.
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