enjamber
\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be\
The verdict
“enjamber” is uncommon French (frequency #54,560 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,560
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Franchir en étendant la jambe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enjamber · enjamber · French
enjamber · rank #54,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,560
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enivrant
Nearest frequency peer: enivrant (-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 « enjamber »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ende
Ende
45,446 corpus weight
- engendra
engendra
45,443 corpus weight
- enivrant
enivrant
45,442 corpus weight
- enjamber
enjamber
45,441 corpus weight
- entrecoupée
entrecoupée
45,440 corpus weight
- entrevu
entrevu
45,439 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enjamber » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enjamber |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enjamber » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enjamber is uncommon French at frequency #54,560 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for enjamber, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is enjamber, spelled E-N-J-A-M-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Franchir en étendant la jambe.
- 2Faire de grands pas en marchant.
- 3Passer par-dessus quelque chose, sans en tenir compte.
- 4Avoir une relation sexuelle sans lendemain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enjamber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et les lavandières, troussées comme des piqueurs d’ablettes, enjambèrent le gué jonché de cailloux, d’écume, d’herbes et de glaïeuls.
La Dragne est très bien aménagée avec des échaliers permettant d’enjamber facilement les barbelés..
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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