enviable

\ɑ̃.vjabl\

/\ɑ̃.vjabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“enviable” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,014. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,014
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est digne d’envie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enviable · enviable · French

enviable · rank #31,014 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,014
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH envahissant

Nearest frequency peer: envahissant (-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 « enviable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « enviable » 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
Key facts for enviable
PropertyValue
Headwordenviable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.vjabl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,014
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enviable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.enviablese 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 « envahissant » (#31,013), « environnant » (#31,015), « entretemps » (#31,012). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enviable » est au #31,014. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around enviable (IPA \ɑ̃.vjabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,014 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est digne d’envie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for enviable, with forms such as "enivable", "ennviable", and "envaible". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is enviable, spelled E-N-V-I-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est digne d’envie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En Bourgogne, la situation des juifs n’étaient, d’ailleurs, guère plus enviable qu’en Neustrie (Ile de France, Normandie).
  2. Peu de chefs religieux bénéficient d’une réputation aussi enviable que celle de Tenzin Gyasto, chef spirituel et temporel du Tibet bouddhiste, qui se fait aussi appeler Sa Sainteté le dalaï-lama.

This word in other languages

enviable(English)beneidenswert(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enivable
  • ennviable
  • envaible
  • enviabble
  • enviabel
  • enviablle
  • envialbe
  • envibale
  • envviable
  • evniable
  • neviable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enviable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

enivable2ennviable1envaible2enviabble1enviabel2enviablle1envialbe2envibale2
Edit distance from "enviable"

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 "enviable"?
"enviable" is spelled E-N-V-I-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.vjabl\.
What does "enviable" mean?
As an adjective, "enviable" means: Qui est digne d’envie.
What are common misspellings of "enviable"?
Common misspellings include "enivable", "ennviable", "envaible", "enviabble", "enviabel". The correct spelling is "enviable".
How do you pronounce "enviable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enviable" is \ɑ̃.vjabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enviable" come from?
"enviable" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entassés#31,010embûches#31,005emblèmes#31,004délaisse#30,995

Similar misspelling depth

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

fiancés11 variantsfighter11 variantsformels11 variantsfusillés11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list