ennoblir
\ɑ̃.nɔ.bliʁ\
The verdict
“ennoblir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner de la noblesse, de l’élévation, de la dignité, du lustre. Cela s’applique aux personnes et aux choses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ennoblir · ennoblir · French
ennoblir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ennoblir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.nɔ.bliʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ennoblir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ennoblir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.nɔ.bliʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ennoblir, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ennoblir, spelled E-N-N-O-B-L-I-R.
Definition
- 1Donner de la noblesse, de l’élévation, de la dignité, du lustre. Cela s’applique aux personnes et aux choses.
- 2Donner industriellement des façons aux tissus (impression, satinage, effet duveteux…) pour augmenter leur beauté et leur valeur marchande.
- 3Anoblir, pourvoir d’un titre de noblesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ennoblir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour ennoblir davantage la langue russe, elles proscrivaient la moitié des mots, les remplaçant par des locutions françaises…, d’ailleurs beaucoup plus risquées.
[…] ne trouvez-vous pas que l’aspect de la nature grandiose et sublime qui nous environne a quelque chose de saisissant qui ennoblit les idées, élève l’âme et rend l’homme meilleur ?
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.