Which to use
“enflamme” and “enflamment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,930
- “enflamme” frequency rank
- #46,744
- “enflamment” frequency rank
- 68674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enflamme | enflamment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enflammer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enflammer. |
Same sound, different letters: enflamme vs enflamment
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. enflamme runs 8 letters (VCCCVCCV) against enflamment's 10 (VCCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - enflamme and enflamment
This is the hard kind. enflamme and enflamment are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.flam\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “enflamme” sits inside “enflamment”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68674, 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\. enflamment is at rank #46,744, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.flam\.
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 68674, this pair ranks #58,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enflamme vs enflamment
Shared letters: aeflmn. Private to "enflamme": -. Private to "enflamment": t.
"enflamme" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCV · "enflamment" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enflamme ← efnlamme · enfalmme · enfflamme · enflame · enflamem · enfllamme · enflmame · enlfamme
- enflamment ← efnlamment · enfalmment · enfflamment · enflamemnt · enflament · enflammennt · enflammentt · enflammetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enflamme" and "enflamment" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enflamme" vs "enflamment" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "enflamme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enflamment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enflamme" and "enflamment" 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 #58,163 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.