enjouement
\ɑ̃.ʒu.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“enjouement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gaieté douce, badinage léger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enjouement · enjouement · French
enjouement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | enjouement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ʒu.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
enjouement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ʒu.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gaieté douce, badinage léger.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for enjouement, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is enjouement, spelled E-N-J-O-U-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Gaieté douce, badinage léger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enjouement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’y avait plus rien chez lui de l’enjouement et de l’assurance brillante de l’homme à la mode ; il ne songeait plus à plaire au public, et, s’il se souvenait de l’existence de ce monstre, ce n’était que pour craindre ses réflexions.
[…] Modeste aperçut un vieillard en perruque blonde, frisée à petites boucles, dont la figure calme, pleine, lisse, offrait un sourire paternel et l’expression d’un enjouement monastique rendu presque digne par un regard à demi voilé.
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.