envola
\ɑ̃.vɔ.la\
The verdict
“envola” is uncommon French (frequency #73,133 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,133
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de envoler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-envola · envola · French
envola · rank #73,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,133
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enveloppées
Nearest frequency peer: enveloppées (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « envola »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entamera
entamera
26,872 corpus weight
- entrerez
entrerez
26,871 corpus weight
- enveloppent
enveloppent
26,870 corpus weight
- enveloppées
enveloppées
26,869 corpus weight
- envola
envola
26,868 corpus weight
- envolera
envolera
26,867 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « envola » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | envola |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.vɔ.la\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « envola » en français
Rare enough to double-check
envola is uncommon French at frequency #73,133 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.vɔ.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de envoler.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for envola, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is envola, spelled E-N-V-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de envoler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how envola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’agent secret mit en route le jet pack dissimulé dans son dos, et s’envola, laissant ses poursuivants loin derrière lui.
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.
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