Enkel
\ˈɛŋkl̩\
The verdict
“Enkel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit-fils.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enkel · Enkel · French
Enkel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Enkel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɛŋkl̩\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Enkel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Enkel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɛŋkl̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit-fils.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Enkel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Enkel, spelled E-N-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1Petit-fils.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Enkel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Von Giuliani stammt auch der Spruch, er sei eher Jude als George Soros, dabei ist Giuliani katholischer Enkel italienischer Einwanderer. Soros dagegen hatte in Ungarn den Holocaust überlebt.
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.