évanouir

\e.va.nwiʁ\

/\e.va.nwiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“évanouir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,939
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Détruire, dissiper, faire disparaître.

Corpus desk

Index FR-evanouir · évanouir · French

évanouir · rank #26,939 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,939
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH évolutive

Nearest frequency peer: évolutive (+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 « évanouir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « évanouir » 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).

évanouir vs évanouit
88% similar
évanouir vs épanoui
75% similar
évanouir vs évanoui
88% similar

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

Key facts for évanouir
PropertyValue
Headwordévanouir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.va.nwiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,939
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « évanouir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.évanouirse 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 « évolutive » (#26,940), « étable » (#26,937), « érotisme » (#26,936). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « évanouir » est au #26,939. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around évanouir (IPA \e.va.nwiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,939 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for évanouir, with forms such as "evanouir", "véanouir", and "éavnouir". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "évanouit", "épanoui", "évanoui", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is évanouir, spelled É-V-A-N-O-U-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Détruire, dissiper, faire disparaître.
  2. 2
    Tomber en faiblesse, perdre connaissance.
  3. 3
    Disparaître sans laisser de traces, en parlant des choses et, plus rarement, des personnes.
  4. 4
    Perdre conscience, perdre connaissance, tomber en pâmoison, en syncope.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voilà donc de quoi dépendent les destins des hommes ! Mais, ajouta-t-il, un bonheur si étrange sera peut-être bientôt évanoui.
  2. Le spectacle de la mort de Virginia, immolée par son père à la pudeur et à la liberté, fit évanouir la puissance des décemvirs.

This word in other languages

vanish(English)desfallecer(Español)desmaiar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evanouir
  • véanouir
  • éavnouir
  • évannouir
  • évanoiur
  • évanouirr
  • évanouri
  • évanuoir
  • évaonuir
  • évnaouir
  • évvanouir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of évanouir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

evanouir1véanouir2éavnouir2évannouir1évanoiur2évanouirr1évanouri2évanuoir2
Edit distance from "évanouir"

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 "évanouir"?
"évanouir" is spelled É-V-A-N-O-U-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.va.nwiʁ\.
What does "évanouir" mean?
As a verb, "évanouir" means: Détruire, dissiper, faire disparaître.
What words are commonly confused with "évanouir"?
"évanouir" is commonly confused with "évanouit", "épanoui", "évanoui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "évanouir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "évanouir" is \e.va.nwiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "évanouir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

érotisme#26,936éprouvée#26,935adaptant#26,945écoulées#26,932

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

antillais11 variantsaustrale11 variantstraîneau11 variantssoutenez11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list