Ensisheim
\ɛn.sis.(h)ajm\
The verdict
“Ensisheim” is uncommon French (frequency #95,871 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,871
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Haut-Rhin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ensisheim · Ensisheim · French
Ensisheim · rank #95,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,871
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ensi
Nearest frequency peer: ensi (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Ensisheim »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- engageraient
engageraient
4,134 corpus weight
- ensi
ensi
4,131 corpus weight
- Ensisheim
Ensisheim
4,130 corpus weight
- enthousiasm…
enthousiasmante
4,129 corpus weight
- entrante
entrante
4,128 corpus weight
- entreprenons
entreprenons
4,127 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ensisheim » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ensisheim |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛn.sis.(h)ajm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ensisheim » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ensisheim is uncommon French at frequency #95,871 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɛn.sis.(h)ajm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Ensisheim has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Ensisheim, spelled E-N-S-I-S-H-E-I-M.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Haut-Rhin.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département du Haut-Rhin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ensisheim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans ce but il demanda à la régence d’Ensisheim communication de l’engagement pris par les parties guerroyantes de respecter les possessions autrichiennes, ainsi que les villes impériales.
Après, tu iras à Ensisheim.
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.
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