Which to use
“enflamme” is a verb and “enflammées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,930
- “enflamme” frequency rank
- #46,142
- “enflammées” frequency rank
- 68072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enflamme | enflammées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enflammer. | Féminin pluriel de enflammé. |
Where the eye mixes enflamme and enflammées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. enflamme runs 8 letters (VCCCVCCV) against enflammées's 10 (VCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enflamme vs enflammées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enflamme is \ɑ̃.flam\ while enflammées is \ɑ̃.fla.me\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enflamme is recorded at frequency rank #21,930, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.flam\. enflammées is at rank #46,142, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.fla.me\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 68072, this pair ranks #60,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enflamme vs enflammées
Shared letters: aeflmn. Private to "enflamme": -. Private to "enflammées": sé.
"enflamme" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCV · "enflammées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enflamme ← efnlamme · enfalmme · enfflamme · enflame · enflamem · enfllamme · enflmame · enlfamme
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enflamme" and "enflammées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enflamme" vs "enflammées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "enflamme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enflammées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enflamme" and "enflammées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enflammées vs enflamment". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #60,709 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.