envolée

\ɑ̃.vɔ.le\

/\ɑ̃.vɔ.le\/ noun

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The verdict

“envolée” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,208
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de s’envoler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-envolee · envolée · French

envolée · rank #24,208 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,208
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH entrons

Nearest frequency peer: entrons (-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 « envolée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « envolée » 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).

envolée vs envoyé
71% similar
envolée vs évolue
57% similar
envolée vs envoyer
57% similar

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

Key facts for envolée
PropertyValue
Headwordenvolée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.vɔ.le\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,208
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « envolée »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).envoléese 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 « entrons » (#24,207), « enzymes » (#24,209), « escadrons » (#24,210). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « envolée » est au #24,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around envolée (IPA \ɑ̃.vɔ.le\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,208 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for envolée, with forms such as "ennvolée", "enovlée", and "envloée". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "envoyé", "évolue", "envoyer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 envolée, spelled E-N-V-O-L-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de s’envoler.
  2. 2
    Résonnance d’un chant dans les airs.
  3. 3
    Augmentation rapide.
  4. 4
    Élan d’expression, de sentiments, de pensées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans un grand silence, l’orgue préluda, puis s’effaça, soutint seulement l’envolée des voix. Un chant lent, désolé, montait, le « De Profundis ».
  2. Il les apprenait par cœur et les gueulait dans le bois, accordés sur des musiques à lui, et ça donnait des envolées traînantes comme du chant grégorien, qui achalaient des hommes mais lui procuraient, à lui, du cœur à l’ouvrage.

This word in other languages

flight(English)ímpeto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ennvolée
  • enovlée
  • envloée
  • envolee
  • envoleé
  • envollée
  • envoéle
  • envvolée
  • evnolée
  • nevolée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ennvolée1enovlée2envloée2envolee1envoleé2envollée1envoéle2envvolée1
Edit distance from "envolée"

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 "envolée"?
"envolée" is spelled E-N-V-O-L-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.vɔ.le\.
What does "envolée" mean?
As a noun, "envolée" means: Action de s’envoler.
What words are commonly confused with "envolée"?
"envolée" is commonly confused with "envoyé", "évolue", "envoyer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "envolée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "envolée" is \ɑ̃.vɔ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "envolée" come from?
"envolée" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

entrons#24,207enzymes#24,209fassiez#24,215festive#24,216

Similar misspelling depth

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

décris10 variantsinactif10 variantscésars10 variantscoulant10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list