ensemble

/\ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\/ adv

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#288

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

ensemble is anFrenchadv. It means: L’un avec l’autre : les uns avec les autres ; conjointement. Pronounced \ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\. It ranks #288 in French word frequency. Often confused with ensembles.

Key facts for ensemble
PropertyValue
Headwordensemble
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdv
IPA\ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#288
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ensemble in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ensemble is 8 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\. Corpus data places it at rank #288 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for ensemble, with forms such as "enesmble", "ennsemble", and "ensebmle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ensembles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ensemble, spelled E-N-S-E-M-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    L’un avec l’autre : les uns avec les autres ; conjointement.
  2. 2
    En couple amoureux.
  3. 3
    En même temps, concomitamment, simultanément.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enesmble,ennsemble,ensebmle,ensembble,ensembel,ensemblle,ensemlbe,ensemmble,ensmeble,enssemble,esnemble,nesemble

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ensemble

Misspelling Variants of "ensemble"

enesmble8ennsemble9ensebmle8ensembble9ensembel8ensemblle9ensemlbe8ensemmble9
Misspelling Variants of "ensemble"

Frequency rank: #288 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ensemble"?
"ensemble" is spelled E-N-S-E-M-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\.
What does "ensemble" mean?
As an adv, "ensemble" means: L’un avec l’autre : les uns avec les autres ; conjointement.
What words are commonly confused with "ensemble"?
"ensemble" is commonly confused with "ensembles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ensemble"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ensemble" is \ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ensemble" come from?
"ensemble" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.