envergure

/\ɑ̃.vɛʁ.ɡyʁ\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,239

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

envergure is aFrenchnoun. It means: État d’une voile enverguée. Pronounced \ɑ̃.vɛʁ.ɡyʁ\. It ranks #8,239 in French word frequency.

Key facts for envergure
PropertyValue
Headwordenvergure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.vɛʁ.ɡyʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,239
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for envergure is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.vɛʁ.ɡyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,239 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for envergure, with forms such as "enevrgure", "ennvergure", and "envegrure". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 envergure, spelled E-N-V-E-R-G-U-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’une voile enverguée.
  2. 2
    Il se dit aussi de la longueur des vergues d’un bâtiment.
  3. 3
    On désigne, dans un sens analogue, la largeur dans le haut.
  4. 4
    Étendue qu’il y a entre les deux extrémités des ailes déployées d’un volatile.
  5. 5
    Dimension transversale maxima d’un appareil de vol ou celle de certains de ses plans ou parties latérales accessoires.
  6. 6
    Étendue, rayon, dimension.
  7. 7
    Capacités intellectuelles, puissance.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enevrgure,ennvergure,envegrure,enverggure,envergrue,enverguer,envergurre,enverrgure,enverugre,envregure,envvergure,evnergure,nevergure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for envergure

Misspelling Variants of "envergure"

enevrgure9ennvergure10envegrure9enverggure10envergrue9enverguer9envergurre10enverrgure10
Misspelling Variants of "envergure"

Frequency rank: #8,239 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "envergure"?
"envergure" is spelled E-N-V-E-R-G-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.vɛʁ.ɡyʁ\.
What does "envergure" mean?
As a noun, "envergure" means: État d’une voile enverguée.
What are common misspellings of "envergure"?
Common misspellings include "enevrgure", "ennvergure", "envegrure", "enverggure", "envergrue". The correct spelling is "envergure".
How do you pronounce "envergure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "envergure" is \ɑ̃.vɛʁ.ɡyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "envergure" come from?
"envergure" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.