envahissants

\ɑ̃.va.i.sɑ̃\

/\ɑ̃.va.i.sɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“envahissants” is uncommon French (frequency #67,496 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,496
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de envahissant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-envahissants · envahissants · French

envahissants · rank #67,496 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,496
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH envahirent

Nearest frequency peer: envahirent (-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 « envahissants »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « envahissants » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for envahissants
PropertyValue
Headwordenvahissants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.va.i.sɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#67,496
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « envahissants » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).envahissantstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « envahirent » (#67,495), « envoûté » (#67,497), « entretuent » (#67,494). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « envahissants » est au #67,496. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

envahissants is uncommon French at frequency #67,496 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.va.i.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de envahissant.".

Zero misspellings are on record for envahissants in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is envahissants, spelled E-N-V-A-H-I-S-S-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de envahissant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le corps des ingénieurs de l’armée ne va pas uniquement réhabiliter la Kissimmee, mais obturer, combler et « décanaliser » les envahissants ouvrages publics du sud et du centre de la Floride afin de rendre autant que possible les Everglades à leur état naturel.
  2. Un rêve d’Europe, en somme ; pour que l’Europe se fasse, il faut que tout s’ordonne selon les souhaits du Général : une Allemagne faite d’États fédérés, des États-Unis protecteurs sans être envahissants, une Russie décommunisée, une Europe centrale dérussisée, une France ayant retrouvé un État fort.

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 "envahissants"?
"envahissants" is spelled E-N-V-A-H-I-S-S-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.va.i.sɑ̃\.
What does "envahissants" mean?
As an adjective, "envahissants" means: Masculin pluriel de envahissant.
How do you pronounce "envahissants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "envahissants" is \ɑ̃.va.i.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list