enorgueillir
\ɑ̃.nɔʁ.ɡœ.jiʁ\
The verdict
“enorgueillir” is uncommon French (frequency #51,447 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,447
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre orgueilleux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enorgueillir · enorgueillir · French
enorgueillir · rank #51,447 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,447
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enjoignant
Nearest frequency peer: enjoignant (-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 « enorgueillir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- enfumer
enfumer
48,557 corpus weight
- engueulade
engueulade
48,556 corpus weight
- enjoignant
enjoignant
48,555 corpus weight
- enorgueillir
enorgueillir
48,554 corpus weight
- enrager
enrager
48,553 corpus weight
- ensevelis
ensevelis
48,552 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enorgueillir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enorgueillir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.nɔʁ.ɡœ.jiʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #51,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enorgueillir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enorgueillir is uncommon French at frequency #51,447 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.nɔʁ.ɡœ.jiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for enorgueillir, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 enorgueillir, spelled E-N-O-R-G-U-E-I-L-L-I-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre orgueilleux.
- 2Devenir orgueilleux ; s’emplir d’orgueil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enorgueillir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors les bas et les étoffes de soie enorgueillissaient l’industrie de cette ville.
La Sapho de M. Daudet n’a pas été lue et achetée par cette clientèle, mais par la bourgeoisie frottée de littérature et qui s’enorgueillit d’aimer les études psychologiques.
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 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).