enjoignant

\ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɑ̃\

/\ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“enjoignant” is uncommon French (frequency #51,446 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,446
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui enjoint ; qui tient de l’injonction.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enjoignant · enjoignant · French

enjoignant · rank #51,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,446
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH engueulade

Nearest frequency peer: engueulade (-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 « enjoignant »

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 « enjoignant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enjoignant
PropertyValue
Headwordenjoignant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,446
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « enjoignant » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).enjoignanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « engueulade » (#51,445), « enorgueillir » (#51,447), « enfumer » (#51,444). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enjoignant » est au #51,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enjoignant is uncommon French at frequency #51,446 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui enjoint ; qui tient de l’injonction.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for enjoignant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is enjoignant, spelled E-N-J-O-I-G-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui enjoint ; qui tient de l’injonction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et depuis le 28. d'Auril suiuant fut enuoyé audit lieu le Moine prescheur Cassian de Mosso aueç commandement à tous de l'escouter, au refus dequoi vn huissier du Conseil d'Estat arriua à Caraill le 8. de May auec lettres enjoignantes aux Syndiques dudit lieu d'enuoyer audit Conseil dans six jours le roole de tous ceux qui ne voudroyent ledit Prescheur, […].
  2. En effet, les conclusions les plus enjoignantes du GIEC sont livrées avec un niveau de certitude estimé, dans un cadre de rationalité limitée : […].

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 "enjoignant"?
"enjoignant" is spelled E-N-J-O-I-G-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɑ̃\.
What does "enjoignant" mean?
As an adjective, "enjoignant" means: Qui enjoint ; qui tient de l’injonction.
How do you pronounce "enjoignant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enjoignant" is \ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list