enveloppe

\ɑ̃v.lɔp\

/\ɑ̃v.lɔp\/ noun

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The verdict

“enveloppe” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,243. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,243
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui peut entourer quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enveloppe · enveloppe · French

enveloppe · rank #5,243 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,243
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH entrepreneur

Nearest frequency peer: entrepreneur (-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 « enveloppe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « enveloppe » 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).

enveloppe vs envelopper
90% similar
enveloppe vs enveloppée
90% similar
enveloppe vs enveloppés
80% similar

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

Key facts for enveloppe
PropertyValue
Headwordenveloppe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃v.lɔp\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,243
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enveloppe »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « entrepreneur » (#5,242), « explorer » (#5,244), « exploser » (#5,245). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enveloppe » est au #5,243. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around enveloppe (IPA \ɑ̃v.lɔp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,243 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for enveloppe, with forms such as "enevloppe", "ennveloppe", and "envelloppe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "envelopper", "enveloppée", "enveloppés", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is enveloppe, spelled E-N-V-E-L-O-P-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui peut entourer quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Revêtement extérieur d'un aéronat.
  3. 3
    Membrane qui entoure un organe, ou un organisme comme un virus.
  4. 4
    Poche de papier servant à expédier une lettre.
  5. 5
    Somme d’argent.
  6. 6
    Somme versée dans une situation malhonnête de corruption ou de racket.
  7. 7
    Apparence.
  8. 8
    Ce qui inclut plusieurs choses.
  9. 9
    Ligne ou surface tangente à chacune des lignes ou surfaces d’une famille de lignes ou de surfaces.
  10. 10
    Structure principale d’un propulseur à poudre contenant le propergol.
  11. 11
    Pneu de voiture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En un clin d’œil La Mole écarta les aiguillettes de son pourpoint, et tira de sa poitrine une lettre enfermée dans une enveloppe de soie.
  2. Les enveloppes contenant les bulletins sont regroupées par paquet de 100. Elles sont introduites dans des enveloppes prévues à cet effet (enveloppes de centaine). Ces enveloppes sont cachetées. (...) Cette mise sous enveloppe ne s'effectue pas lorsque moins de 100 électeurs ont voté dans le bureau de vote. Les enveloppes de centaine sont réparties entre l…

Synonyms

membranepochettedessous-de-tablebakchich

This word in other languages

envelope(English)sobre(Español)Mantel(Deutsch)sobre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enevloppe
  • ennveloppe
  • envelloppe
  • envelope
  • envelopep
  • envelpope
  • enveolppe
  • envleoppe
  • envveloppe
  • evneloppe
  • neveloppe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enveloppe - 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.

enevloppe2ennveloppe1envelloppe1envelope1envelopep2envelpope2enveolppe2envleoppe2
Edit distance from "enveloppe"

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 "enveloppe"?
"enveloppe" is spelled E-N-V-E-L-O-P-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃v.lɔp\.
What does "enveloppe" mean?
As a noun, "enveloppe" means: Ce qui peut entourer quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "enveloppe"?
"enveloppe" is commonly confused with "envelopper", "enveloppée", "enveloppés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enveloppe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enveloppe" is \ɑ̃v.lɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enveloppe" come from?
"enveloppe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list