enlever
\ɑ̃l.ve\
The verdict
“enlever” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,672 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,672
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Déplacer vers le haut.
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 | enlever |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃l.ve\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enlever” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for enlever is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for enlever, with forms such as "elnever", "enelver", and "enleevr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "enlevez", "enlèves", "enlèvera", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is enlever, spelled E-N-L-E-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Déplacer vers le haut.
- 2Lever avec rapidité, avec violence.
- 3Ravir ; emmener ; emporter par force.
- 4Soustraire par rapt un enfant à ses parents.
- 5Soustraire à l’autorité parentale ou à son mari, une jeune fille ou une femme, qu’on a réussi à séduire.
- 6Emporter, retirer ou ôter quelque chose d’un endroit.
- 7Se vendre en parlant d’une marchandise.
- 8Faire mourir quelqu’un promptement, prématurément, d’une manière inattendue, en parlant de maladie, etc.
- 9Se rendre maitre rapidement d’une position, d’une place.
- 10Soulever du sol.
- 11Porter vigoureusement un cheval en avant.
- 12Entrainer les chiens, par le plus court chemin, où l’on a vu le cerf et où l’on retrouve la voie.
- 13Porter vivement contre l’ennemi.
- 14Exécuter, rapidement et bien, un morceau de musique.
- 15Transporter d’enthousiasme.
- 16Exciter l’enthousiasme, obtenir un succès brillant.
- 17Séparer, détacher une chose de celle sur laquelle elle est appliquée, ou à laquelle elle adhère.
- 18Ôter, faire disparaitre.
- 19Parcourir rapidement d'une seule traite (avec, comme complément d'objet direct, l'indication d'une distance).
- 20Se détacher, ressortir, apparaître de manière détachée par rapport au fond d’un tableau.
- 21Réprimander, engueuler.
- 22Se hâter d’acheter des marchandises, s’en fournir, de sorte que les autres marchands n’en trouvent plus que difficilement.
- 23Enlever à courir : Ordre donné à une bordée qui à la main sur un cordage de tirer dessus.
- 24Se mettre au galop, en parlant d’un cheval de courses de trot ce qui est susceptible d’entraîner sa disqualification.
- 25Se 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enlever - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “enlever”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-N-L-E-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃l.ve\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “enlevez” - see the side-by-side comparison. enlever vs enlevez
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.