énormes

\e.nɔʁm\

/\e.nɔʁm\/ adj

The verdict

“énormes” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,309. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,309
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de énorme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enormes · énormes · French

énormes · rank #5,309 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,309
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH élever

Nearest frequency peer: élever (-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 « énormes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « énormes » 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).

énormes vs entres
57% similar
énormes vs entrées
57% similar
énormes vs enzymes
57% similar

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

Key facts for énormes
PropertyValue
Headwordénormes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.nɔʁm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,309
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « énormes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).énormesse 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 « élever » (#5,308), « albums » (#5,310), « white » (#5,307). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « énormes » est au #5,309. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around énormes (IPA \e.nɔʁm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,309 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de énorme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for énormes, with forms such as "enormes", "néormes", and "énnormes". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "entres", "entrées", "enzymes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 énormes, spelled É-N-O-R-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de énorme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis l’essor des plantations de Pins, les besoins des Landes en mules se sont accrus dans d’énormes proportions parce que ces animaux, vigoureux et alertes, sont excellents pour « débosquer » les Pins, c’est-à-dire pour les tirer hors des fondrières.
  2. Dans ce qui sert parfois de lit au torrent, des blocs et dalles énormes de roches toutes creusées de cuvettes et baignoires naturelles, et dans ces trous, quelques laquets d’eau morte saumâtrisée par la chaleur, immobile sous l’air pesant et sans souffle, incrustant chaque jour plus bas dans la pierre le glauque et gluant revêtement de mucus et d’infusoir…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enormes
  • néormes
  • énnormes
  • énomres
  • énorems
  • énormess
  • énormmes
  • énormse
  • énorrmes
  • énromes
  • éonrmes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of énormes - 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.

enormes1néormes2énnormes1énomres2énorems2énormess1énormmes1énormse2
Edit distance from "énormes"

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 "énormes"?
"énormes" is spelled É-N-O-R-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.nɔʁm\.
What does "énormes" mean?
As an adjective, "énormes" means: Pluriel de énorme.
What words are commonly confused with "énormes"?
"énormes" is commonly confused with "entres", "entrées", "enzymes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "énormes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "énormes" is \e.nɔʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "énormes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list