évangile

/\e.vɑ̃.ʒil\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,160

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

évangile is aFrenchnoun. It means: Récit de la vie de Jésus. Pronounced \e.vɑ̃.ʒil\. Often confused with évangiles.

Key facts for évangile
PropertyValue
Headwordévangile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.vɑ̃.ʒil\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,160
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for évangile is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.vɑ̃.ʒil\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,160 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for évangile, with forms such as "evangile", "véangile", and "éavngile". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "évangiles", 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 évangile, spelled É-V-A-N-G-I-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récit de la vie de Jésus.
  2. 2
    Un des quatre récits de la vie de Jésus qui ouvrent le Nouveau Testament, respectivement attribués à Matthieu, Marc, Luc et Jean, et reconnus comme canoniques par l'Église et la majorité des confessions chrétiennes.
  3. 3
    (Collectivement) Ensemble des quatre évangiles canoniques.
  4. 4
    Doctrine de Jésus-Christ.
  5. 5
    Livre de piété consacrés à l’usage d’une certaine classe de lecteurs et où la doctrine de l’évangile est mise à leur portée.
  6. 6
    Partie des évangiles que le prêtre lit à la messe ou que le croyant lit.
  7. 7
    Livre, document essentiel et symbolique d’une doctrine quelconque.
  8. 8
    Doctrine.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evangile,véangile,éavngile,évagnile,évanggile,évangiel,évangille,évanglie,évanigle,évanngile,évnagile,évvangile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for évangile

Misspelling Variants of "évangile"

evangile8véangile8éavngile8évagnile8évanggile9évangiel8évangille9évanglie8
Misspelling Variants of "évangile"

Frequency rank: #11,160 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "évangile"?
"évangile" is spelled É-V-A-N-G-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.vɑ̃.ʒil\.
What does "évangile" mean?
As a noun, "évangile" means: Récit de la vie de Jésus.
What words are commonly confused with "évangile"?
"évangile" is commonly confused with "évangiles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "évangile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "évangile" is \e.vɑ̃.ʒil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "évangile" come from?
"évangile" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.