envie

\ɑ̃.vi\

/\ɑ̃.vi\/ noun

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The verdict

“envie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #527. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#527
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chagrin ou haine que l’on ressent du bonheur, des succès, des avantages d’autrui.

Corpus desk

Index FR-envie · envie · French

envie · rank #527 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #527
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH affaire

Nearest frequency peer: affaire (-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 « envie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « envie » 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).

envie vs eve
60% similar
envie vs evil
60% similar
envie vs envoi
60% similar

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

Key facts for envie
PropertyValue
Headwordenvie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.vi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#527
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « envie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.enviese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « affaire » (#526), « gars » (#528), « abord » (#525). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « envie » est au #527. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around envie (IPA \ɑ̃.vi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #527 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for envie, with forms such as "enive", "ennvie", and "envei". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "eve", "evil", "envoi", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 envie, spelled E-N-V-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chagrin ou haine que l’on ressent du bonheur, des succès, des avantages d’autrui.
  2. 2
    Sentiment de vouloir jouir d’un avantage pareil à celui d’autrui.
  3. 3
    Désir, volonté.
  4. 4
    L’odieux d’une chose.
  5. 5
    Besoin corporel.
  6. 6
    Petites portions de peau qui se détachent autour des ongles, et causent une assez vive douleur si on les arrache.
  7. 7
    Désir, notamment d’ordre alimentaire, exprimé par la femme enceinte pendant sa grossesse.
  8. 8
    Tache de naissance sur la peau qu’on pensait ressembler aux objets dont la mère aurait eu envie pendant sa grossesse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sa nomination lui attire l’envie de bien des gens.
  2. On fait souvent vanité des passions même les plus criminelles ; mais l’envie est une passion timide et honteuse que l’on n’ose jamais avouer.

Synonyms

jalousie

This word in other languages

envy(English)envidia(Español)Neid(Deutsch)ciúme(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enive
  • ennvie
  • envei
  • envvie
  • evnie
  • nevie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

enive2ennvie1envei2envvie1evnie2nevie2
Edit distance from "envie"

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 "envie"?
"envie" is spelled E-N-V-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.vi\.
What does "envie" mean?
As a noun, "envie" means: Chagrin ou haine que l’on ressent du bonheur, des succès, des avantages d’autrui.
What words are commonly confused with "envie"?
"envie" is commonly confused with "eve", "evil", "envoi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "envie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "envie" is \ɑ̃.vi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "envie" come from?
"envie" 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 "envie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abord#525ouais#521terme#535viens#536

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

fond6 variantsclub6 variantsdoute6 variantspeine6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list