enlever

/\ɑ̃l.ve\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,672

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

enlever is aFrenchverb. It means: Déplacer vers le haut. Pronounced \ɑ̃l.ve\. It ranks #2,672 in French word frequency. Often confused with enlevez and enlèves.

Key facts for enlever
PropertyValue
Headwordenlever
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃l.ve\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,672
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of enlever in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for enlever is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃l.ve\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,672 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 25 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for enlever, with forms such as "elnever", "enelver", and "enleevr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "enlevez", "enlèves", "enlèvera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is enlever, spelled E-N-L-E-V-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déplacer vers le haut.
  2. 2
    Lever avec rapidité, avec violence.
  3. 3
    Ravir ; emmener ; emporter par force.
  4. 4
    Soustraire par rapt un enfant à ses parents.
  5. 5
    Soustraire à l’autorité parentale ou à son mari, une jeune fille ou une femme, qu’on a réussi à séduire.
  6. 6
    Emporter, retirer ou ôter quelque chose d’un endroit.
  7. 7
    Se vendre en parlant d’une marchandise.
  8. 8
    Faire mourir quelqu’un promptement, prématurément, d’une manière inattendue, en parlant de maladie, etc.
  9. 9
    Se rendre maitre rapidement d’une position, d’une place.
  10. 10
    Soulever du sol.
  11. 11
    Porter vigoureusement un cheval en avant.
  12. 12
    Entrainer les chiens, par le plus court chemin, où l’on a vu le cerf et où l’on retrouve la voie.
  13. 13
    Porter vivement contre l’ennemi.
  14. 14
    Exécuter, rapidement et bien, un morceau de musique.
  15. 15
    Transporter d’enthousiasme.
  16. 16
    Exciter l’enthousiasme, obtenir un succès brillant.
  17. 17
    Séparer, détacher une chose de celle sur laquelle elle est appliquée, ou à laquelle elle adhère.
  18. 18
    Ôter, faire disparaitre.
  19. 19
    Parcourir rapidement d'une seule traite (avec, comme complément d'objet direct, l'indication d'une distance).
  20. 20
    Se détacher, ressortir, apparaître de manière détachée par rapport au fond d’un tableau.
  21. 21
    Réprimander, engueuler.
  22. 22
    Se hâter d’acheter des marchandises, s’en fournir, de sorte que les autres marchands n’en trouvent plus que difficilement.
  23. 23
    Enlever à courir : Ordre donné à une bordée qui à la main sur un cordage de tirer dessus.
  24. 24
    Se mettre au galop, en parlant d’un cheval de courses de trot ce qui est susceptible d’entraîner sa disqualification.
  25. 25
    Se lever, sauter.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elnever,enelver,enleevr,enleverr,enlevre,enlevver,enllever,enlveer,ennlever,nelever

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enlever

Misspelling Variants of "enlever"

elnever7enelver7enleevr7enleverr8enlevre7enlevver8enllever8enlveer7
Misspelling Variants of "enlever"

Frequency rank: #2,672 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enlever"?
"enlever" is spelled E-N-L-E-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃l.ve\.
What does "enlever" mean?
As a verb, "enlever" means: Déplacer vers le haut.
What words are commonly confused with "enlever"?
"enlever" is commonly confused with "enlevez", "enlèves", "enlèvera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enlever"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enlever" is \ɑ̃l.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enlever" come from?
"enlever" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.