enquêtes
\ɑ̃.kɛt\
The verdict
“enquêtes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,937. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,937
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de enquête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enquetes · enquêtes · French
enquêtes · rank #4,937 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,937
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH encontre
Nearest frequency peer: encontre (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “enquêtes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- délit
délit
95,067 corpus weight
- désigne
désigne
95,066 corpus weight
- encontre
encontre
95,065 corpus weight
- enquêtes
enquêtes
95,064 corpus weight
- esthétique
esthétique
95,063 corpus weight
- extraits
extraits
95,062 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “enquêtes” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enquêtes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.kɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “enquêtes” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around enquêtes (IPA \ɑ̃.kɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,937 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de enquête.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for enquêtes, with forms such as "ennquêtes", "enqquêtes", and "enquetes". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "enquêteur", "enquêteurs", "enquête", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is enquêtes, spelled E-N-Q-U-Ê-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de enquête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enquêtes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certes, les reports de Jean-Luc Mélenchon sur Emmanuel Macron sont un peu meilleurs mais, dans nos enquêtes qualitatives, il est évident que c’est un effet de la rediabolisation de Marine Le Pen d’entre les deux tours.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ennquêtes
- enqquêtes
- enquetes
- enqutêes
- enquêets
- enquêtess
- enquêtse
- enquêttes
- enqêutes
- enuqêtes
- eqnuêtes
- nequêtes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enquêtes - 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.
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
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enquêtes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "enquêtes" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "enquêteur". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,937 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.