enlèvement
\ɑ̃.lɛv.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“enlèvement” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,558
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’enlever.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enlevement · enlèvement · French
enlèvement · rank #7,558 · 16 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,558
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Ei
Nearest frequency peer: Ei (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « enlèvement »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dépendant
dépendant
92,446 corpus weight
- détenu
détenu
92,445 corpus weight
- Ei
Ei
92,444 corpus weight
- enlèvement
enlèvement
92,443 corpus weight
- entrevue
entrevue
92,442 corpus weight
- essentiels
essentiels
92,441 corpus weight
What this shows « enlèvement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enlèvement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.lɛv.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enlèvement »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around enlèvement (IPA \ɑ̃.lɛv.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,558 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for enlèvement, with forms such as "elnèvement", "enlevement", and "enllèvement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "enlèvent", "entêtement", "enlèvements", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is enlèvement, spelled E-N-L-È-V-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’enlever.
- 2Rapt.
- 3Marque sur un objet taillé indiquant que de la matière a été ôtée en une seule fois.
- 4Retrait d’une marchandise de son lieu de stockage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enlèvement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prenez donc garde, s’écria l'officier qui saisit Julie par la taille et la souleva […]. Sans ce brusque enlèvement, sa curieuse parente allait être froissée par la croupe du cheval blanc ….
Après avoir mis en demeure le groupement de faire réaliser les opérations d’enlèvement de la grue accidentée, le pouvoir adjudicateur attribue à une société tierce le marché de démantèlement et de mise en stock de la grue accidenté.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elnèvement
- enlevement
- enllèvement
- enlvèement
- enlèevment
- enlèveemnt
- enlèvemennt
- enlèvementt
- enlèvemetn
- enlèvemment
- enlèvemnet
- enlèvmeent
- enlèvvement
- ennlèvement
- enèlvement
- nelèvement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enlèvement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).