envoyer

\ɑ̃.vwa.je\

/\ɑ̃.vwa.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“envoyer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,162
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire partir quelqu’un ou faire porter quelque chose quelque part.

Corpus desk

Index FR-envoyer · envoyer · French

envoyer · rank #1,162 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,162
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enquête

Nearest frequency peer: enquête (-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 « envoyer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « envoyer » 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).

envoyer vs envoyés
71% similar
envoyer vs envoyez
86% similar
envoyer vs envoyé
71% similar

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

Key facts for envoyer
PropertyValue
Headwordenvoyer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.vwa.je\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,162
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « envoyer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).envoyerse 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 « enquête » (#1,161), « Facebook » (#1,163), « eh » (#1,160). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « envoyer » est au #1,162. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around envoyer (IPA \ɑ̃.vwa.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,162 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for envoyer, with forms such as "ennvoyer", "enovyer", and "envoeyr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "envoyés", "envoyez", "envoyé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is envoyer, spelled E-N-V-O-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire partir quelqu’un ou faire porter quelque chose quelque part.
  2. 2
    Aller faire prendre des nouvelles de quelqu’un.
  3. 3
    Nommer pour une assemblée.
  4. 4
    Dispenser des bienfaits ou des méfaits aux humains, en parlant du destin, de la providence, des déités, etc.
  5. 5
    Pousser, jeter, lancer hors de soi en parlant surtout des choses.
  6. 6
    Projeter avec force.
  7. 7
    Ouvrir une partie par un premier tir.
  8. 8
    Amener vivement.
  9. 9
    Boire ; manger.
  10. 10
    Posséder sexuellement.
  11. 11
    Renvoyer, mettre dehors.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais le duc de Mayenne lui fit dire de prêcher plus modérément, sinon qu'il l’enverrait, cousu dans son froc , prêcher dans la rivière.
  2. Depuis sept ans, la Chine est coupée du monde extérieur, et c'est seulement maintenant que nous parviennent quelques microfilms. On dit que la Septième Symphonie de Chostakovitch a été envoyée en Amérique sur microfilms, mais personne ne nous a encore transmis, par microfilms, des renseignements sur la pénicilline.

This word in other languages

send(English)enviar(Español)senden(Deutsch)enviar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ennvoyer
  • enovyer
  • envoeyr
  • envoyerr
  • envoyre
  • envoyyer
  • envvoyer
  • envyoer
  • evnoyer
  • nevoyer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of envoyer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ennvoyer1enovyer2envoeyr2envoyerr1envoyre2envoyyer1envvoyer1envyoer2
Edit distance from "envoyer"

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 "envoyer"?
"envoyer" is spelled E-N-V-O-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.vwa.je\.
What does "envoyer" mean?
As a verb, "envoyer" means: Faire partir quelqu’un ou faire porter quelque chose quelque part.
What words are commonly confused with "envoyer"?
"envoyer" is commonly confused with "envoyés", "envoyez", "envoyé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "envoyer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "envoyer" is \ɑ̃.vwa.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "envoyer" come from?
"envoyer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

enquête#1,161parfait#1,168anciens#1,155vitesse#1,173

Similar misspelling depth

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

raisons10 variantscheveux10 variantsparties10 variantspression10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list