énormément

\e.nɔʁ.me.mɑ̃\

/\e.nɔʁ.me.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“énormément” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,305
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beaucoup, d’une manière énorme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enormement · énormément · French

énormément · rank #3,305 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,305
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH vues

Nearest frequency peer: vues (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « énormément »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « énormément » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

énormément vs énervement
70% similar
énormément vs enfermement
64% similar
énormément vs engorgement
64% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for énormément
PropertyValue
Headwordénormément
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\e.nɔʁ.me.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,305
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « énormément »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).énormémentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vues » (#3,304), « étoile » (#3,306), « vainqueur » (#3,303). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « énormément » est au #3,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around énormément (IPA \e.nɔʁ.me.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #3,305 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for énormément, with forms such as "enormement", "néormément", and "énnormément". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "énervement", "enfermement", "engorgement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is énormément, spelled É-N-O-R-M-É-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Beaucoup, d’une manière énorme.
  2. 2
    Un nombre énorme de. Une quantité énorme de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how énormément appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le fait, d’ailleurs, est patent, incontesté, affirmé de tous côtés : l’aisance s’est énormément développée parmi les ruraux des Côtes-du-Nord.
  2. Il avait énormément l’air d'un zamuro…

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enormement
  • néormément
  • énnormément
  • énomrément
  • énormméent
  • énormmément
  • énorméemnt
  • énormémennt
  • énormémentt
  • énormémetn
  • énormémment
  • énormémnet
  • énorrmément
  • énorémment
  • énromément
  • éonrmément

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of énormément - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

enormement2néormément2énnormément1énomrément2énormméent2énormmément1énorméemnt2énormémennt1
Edit distance from "énormément"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "énormément"?
"énormément" is spelled É-N-O-R-M-É-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.nɔʁ.me.mɑ̃\.
What does "énormément" mean?
As an adverb, "énormément" means: Beaucoup, d’une manière énorme.
What words are commonly confused with "énormément"?
"énormément" is commonly confused with "énervement", "enfermement", "engorgement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "énormément"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "énormément" is \e.nɔʁ.me.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "énormément" come from?
"énormément" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "énormément", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list