environ

\ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃\

/\ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“environ” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#517
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À peu près; un peu plus, un peu moins.

Corpus desk

Index FR-environ · environ · French

environ · rank #517 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #517
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH droite

Nearest frequency peer: droite (-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 « environ »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « environ » 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).

environ vs environs
88% similar

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

Key facts for environ
PropertyValue
Headwordenviron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#517
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « environ »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « droite » (#516), « fond » (#518), « vivre » (#515). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « environ » est au #517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around environ (IPA \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #517 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "À peu près; un peu plus, un peu moins.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for environ, with forms such as "enivron", "ennviron", and "enviorn". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "environs", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is environ, spelled E-N-V-I-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    À peu près; un peu plus, un peu moins.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La production mondiale actuelle est d’environ 13,5 millions de tonnes de pois secs et 4,8 millions de tonnes de pois frais.
  2. Un tiers environ du département est formé de ces causses dénudés, de ces plateaux calcaires hauts, ici de 500 à 1000 mètres.

Synonyms

à deux trois poils de culà la loucheà peu prèsà une vache prèsau doigt mouilléau feelingau jugéau jugerau pifau pifomètreà vue de nezà vue d’œilapproximativementdans ce genre-làdans ces eaux-làgenredans les grandes lignesen grosgrosso merdogrosso modopeu ou proupresquequasiquasimentsommairementtout commeun peu plus un peu moinset des poussières

Antonyms

exactementprécisément

This word in other languages

around(English)acerca de(Español)ungefähr(Deutsch)aproximadamente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enivron
  • ennviron
  • enviorn
  • envirno
  • environn
  • envirron
  • envrion
  • envviron
  • evniron
  • neviron

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of environ - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

enivron2ennviron1enviorn2envirno2environn1envirron1envrion2envviron1
Edit distance from "environ"

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 "environ"?
"environ" is spelled E-N-V-I-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃\.
What does "environ" mean?
As an adverb, "environ" means: À peu près; un peu plus, un peu moins.
What words are commonly confused with "environ"?
"environ" is commonly confused with "environs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "environ"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "environ" is \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "environ" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

millions10 variantsnouveaux10 variantsmarché10 variantsjanvier10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list