environnement

\ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔn.mɑ̃\

/\ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔn.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“environnement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,137
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui est aux environs ; ce qui environne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-environnement · environnement · French

environnement · rank #1,137 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,137
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH département

Nearest frequency peer: département (-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 « environnement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « environnement » 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).

environnement vs environnements
93% similar
environnement vs environnemental
87% similar
environnement vs environment
85% similar

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

Key facts for environnement
PropertyValue
Headwordenvironnement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔn.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#1,137
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « environnement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).environnementse 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 « département » (#1,136), « ferme » (#1,138), « chanson » (#1,135). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « environnement » est au #1,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around environnement (IPA \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔn.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,137 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for environnement, with forms such as "enivronnement", "ennvironnement", and "enviornnement". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "environnements", "environnemental", "environment", 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 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 environnement, spelled E-N-V-I-R-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui est aux environs ; ce qui environne.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des facteurs géologiques, pédologiques et climatiques.
  3. 3
    Environnement naturel devant être protégé de l'action de l'homme.
  4. 4
    Conditions sous lesquelles on évolue, on interagit.
  5. 5
    Ensemble des matériels et logiciels sur lesquels sont exécutés les programmes d'une application.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Premierement tout l’environnement est illuminé par quatre Nymphes d'vne grandeur proportionnée à la machine.
  2. À la recherche de saveurs japonaises raffinées dans un environnement moderne ultra-séduisant ?

This word in other languages

environment(English)medio ambiente(Español)Milieu(Deutsch)ambiente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enivronnement
  • ennvironnement
  • enviornnement
  • envirnonement
  • environement
  • environenment
  • environneemnt
  • environnemennt
  • environnementt
  • environnemetn
  • environnemment
  • environnemnet
  • environnmeent
  • envirronnement
  • envrionnement
  • envvironnement
  • evnironnement
  • nevironnement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

enivronnement2ennvironnement1enviornnement2envirnonement2environement1environenment2environneemnt2environnemennt1
Edit distance from "environnement"

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 "environnement"?
"environnement" is spelled E-N-V-I-R-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔn.mɑ̃\.
What does "environnement" mean?
As a noun, "environnement" means: Ce qui est aux environs ; ce qui environne.
What words are commonly confused with "environnement"?
"environnement" is commonly confused with "environnements", "environnemental", "environment". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "environnement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "environnement" is \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔn.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "environnement" come from?
"environnement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

communication#1,287international#923établissement#1,428immédiatement#1,595

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

département18 variantsenseignement18 variantsinformations18 variantsparfaitement18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list