ensorceler
[ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le]
The verdict
“ensorceler” is uncommon French (frequency #94,770 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,770
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troubler physiquement ou moralement par de prétendus sortilèges.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ensorceler · ensorceler · French
ensorceler · rank #94,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,770
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ensablement
Nearest frequency peer: ensablement (-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 « ensorceler »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- enrhumer
enrhumer
5,234 corpus weight
- enrochement
enrochement
5,233 corpus weight
- ensablement
ensablement
5,232 corpus weight
- ensorceler
ensorceler
5,231 corpus weight
- entonnoirs
entonnoirs
5,230 corpus weight
- entraînerai…
entraîneraient
5,229 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ensorceler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ensorceler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,770 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ensorceler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ensorceler is uncommon French at frequency #94,770 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
ensorceler has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ensorceler, spelled E-N-S-O-R-C-E-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Troubler physiquement ou moralement par de prétendus sortilèges.
- 2Troubler par une violente passion, un amour qui va jusqu’à la folie, jusqu’à la fureur.
- 3Captiver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ensorceler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle avoua que depuis long-temps, et de concert avec le démon, elle avait pratiqué la magie et les maléfices, qu’elle avait positivement ensorcelé la pauvre madame Lutkens.
Nous avons appris tout à la fois le funeste destin de Front-de-Bœuf, et ta fuite avec cette belle sorcière juive dont les yeux noirs t’ont ensorcelé.
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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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