ensuite

/\ɑ̃.sɥit\/ adv

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#370

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

ensuite is anFrenchadv. It means: Après cela ; à la suite. Pronounced \ɑ̃.sɥit\. It ranks #370 in French word frequency. Often confused with entité and équité.

Key facts for ensuite
PropertyValue
Headwordensuite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdv
IPA\ɑ̃.sɥit\
Letters7
Frequency rank#370
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ensuite is 7 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.sɥit\. Corpus data places it at rank #370 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Après cela ; à la suite.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for ensuite, with forms such as "ennsuite", "ensiute", and "enssuite". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "entité", "équité", "essuie", and more, 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 ensuite, spelled E-N-S-U-I-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Après cela ; à la suite.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ennsuite,ensiute,enssuite,ensuiet,ensuitte,ensutie,enusite,esnuite,nesuite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ensuite

Misspelling Variants of "ensuite"

ennsuite8ensiute7enssuite8ensuiet7ensuitte8ensutie7enusite7esnuite7
Misspelling Variants of "ensuite"

Frequency rank: #370 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ensuite"?
"ensuite" is spelled E-N-S-U-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.sɥit\.
What does "ensuite" mean?
As an adv, "ensuite" means: Après cela ; à la suite.
What words are commonly confused with "ensuite"?
"ensuite" is commonly confused with "entité", "équité", "essuie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ensuite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ensuite" is \ɑ̃.sɥit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ensuite" come from?
"ensuite" 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.