enlace
\ɑ̃.las\
The verdict
“enlace” is uncommon French (frequency #52,041 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,041
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enlacer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enlace · enlace · French
enlace · rank #52,041 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,041
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH eno
Nearest frequency peer: eno (+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 « enlace »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- embraser
embraser
47,964 corpus weight
- employaient
employaient
47,963 corpus weight
- enlace
enlace
47,960 corpus weight
- eno
eno
47,959 corpus weight
- enragée
enragée
47,958 corpus weight
- entérite
entérite
47,957 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enlace » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enlace |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.las\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enlace » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enlace is uncommon French at frequency #52,041 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.las\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for enlace, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is enlace, spelled E-N-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enlacer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enlacer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de enlacer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de enlacer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de enlacer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enlace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’enfant se fait homme ou devient jeune fille, Et cependant que croît sa chair pleine de grâce, Son âme se répand par-delà la famille, Et cherche une âme sœur, une chair qu’il enlace.
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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