ensembles

\ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\

/\ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\/ noun

The verdict

“ensembles” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,687. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,687
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ensembles · ensembles · French

ensembles · rank #7,687 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,687
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH ennui

Nearest frequency peer: ennui (-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 « ensembles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ensembles » 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).

ensembles vs ensemble
89% similar

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

Key facts for ensembles
PropertyValue
Headwordensembles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,687
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ensembles »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ennui » (#7,686), « enterré » (#7,688), « enchères » (#7,685). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « ensembles » est au #7,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around ensembles (IPA \ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,687 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ensemble.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for ensembles, with forms such as "enesmbles", "ennsembles", and "ensebmles". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ensemble", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 ensembles, spelled E-N-S-E-M-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ensemble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mozart se joue également des styles, qu’il combine avec une fluidité remarquable : certains airs (Belmonte, Constance) dérivent de l’opera seria, ceux des personnages secondaires regardant clairement vers l’opera buffa (Osmin, Pedrillo), allant même jusqu’à mêler les deux dans certains ensembles (le quatuor final du deuxième acte), Constance et Belmonte d…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enesmbles
  • ennsembles
  • ensebmles
  • ensembbles
  • ensembels
  • ensembless
  • ensemblles
  • ensemblse
  • ensemlbes
  • ensemmbles
  • ensmebles
  • enssembles
  • esnembles
  • nesembles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ensembles - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

enesmbles2ennsembles1ensebmles2ensembbles1ensembels2ensembless1ensemblles1ensemblse2
Edit distance from "ensembles"

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 "ensembles"?
"ensembles" is spelled E-N-S-E-M-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\.
What does "ensembles" mean?
As a noun, "ensembles" means: Pluriel de ensemble.
What words are commonly confused with "ensembles"?
"ensembles" is commonly confused with "ensemble". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ensembles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ensembles" is \ɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ensembles" come from?
"ensembles" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list