enliser
\ɑ̃.li.ze\
The verdict
“enliser” is uncommon French (frequency #69,809 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,809
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfoncer quelqu’un ou quelque chose dans un sol meuble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enliser · enliser · French
enliser · rank #69,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,809
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enrobée
Nearest frequency peer: enrobée (+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 « enliser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- empruntons
empruntons
30,195 corpus weight
- endiguement
endiguement
30,194 corpus weight
- enliser
enliser
30,192 corpus weight
- enrobée
enrobée
30,191 corpus weight
- entendions
entendions
30,190 corpus weight
- entendirent
entendirent
30,189 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enliser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enliser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enliser is uncommon French at frequency #69,809 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for enliser in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is enliser, spelled E-N-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Enfoncer quelqu’un ou quelque chose dans un sol meuble.
- 2Ralentir, arrêter temporairement un projet, une action de longue durée.
- 3Ennuyer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoi ! S’écria Paganel, il y a là tout un troupeau enlisé dans cette boue ?
[…], et un bateau à vapeur du service municipal de la Tamise heurta si violemment le ponton de Westminster qu’il n’échappa au naufrage qu’en allant s’enliser sur la rive opposée, dans la vase découverte par la marée basse.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).