environnement

/\ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔn.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

13 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,137

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

environnement is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ce qui est aux environs ; ce qui environne. Pronounced \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔn.mɑ̃\. It ranks #1,137 in French word frequency. Often confused with environnements and environnemental.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for environnement is 13 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.vi.ʁɔn.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,137 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 environnement, spelled E-N-V-I-R-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for environnement

Misspelling Variants of "environnement"

enivronnement13ennvironnement14enviornnement13envirnonement13environement12environenment13environneemnt13environnemennt14
Misspelling Variants of "environnement"

Frequency rank: #1,137 in French

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 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.