envisager

\ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe\

/\ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“envisager” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,342
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Regarder une personne au visage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-envisager · envisager · French

envisager · rank #5,342 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,342
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH entretenir

Nearest frequency peer: entretenir (-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 « envisager »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « envisager » 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).

envisager vs envisagez
89% similar
envisager vs envisage
89% similar
envisager vs envisagée
78% similar

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

Key facts for envisager
PropertyValue
Headwordenvisager
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,342
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « envisager »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.envisagerse 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 « entretenir » (#5,341), « esclavage » (#5,343), « emporter » (#5,340). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « envisager » est au #5,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around envisager (IPA \ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,342 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for envisager, with forms such as "enivsager", "ennvisager", and "enviasger". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "envisagez", "envisage", "envisagée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is envisager, spelled E-N-V-I-S-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Regarder une personne au visage.
  2. 2
    Considérer une chose en esprit, examiner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il montèrent à sa chambre, où après l’avoir envisagée , ils lui dirent qu'ils s'étoient trompés, que ce n'étoit pas elle qu'ils demandoient, qu'elle n'avoit aucun des traits de celle qu'on leur avoit indiquée.
  2. Tu le vois, il n’ose nous regarder, il n’ose envisager Rébecca ; […].

This word in other languages

envision(English)encarar(Español)ansehen(Deutsch)encarar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enivsager
  • ennvisager
  • enviasger
  • envisaegr
  • envisagerr
  • envisagger
  • envisagre
  • envisgaer
  • envissager
  • envsiager
  • envvisager
  • evnisager
  • nevisager

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

enivsager2ennvisager1enviasger2envisaegr2envisagerr1envisagger1envisagre2envisgaer2
Edit distance from "envisager"

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 "envisager"?
"envisager" is spelled E-N-V-I-S-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe\.
What does "envisager" mean?
As a verb, "envisager" means: Regarder une personne au visage.
What words are commonly confused with "envisager"?
"envisager" is commonly confused with "envisagez", "envisage", "envisagée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "envisager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "envisager" is \ɑ̃.vi.za.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "envisager" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

esclavage#5,343continuez#5,331concernés#5,326maîtresse#5,367

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

débarrasser13 variantsbiologique13 variantsprimaires13 variantssportifs13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list