Which to use
“enflamme” and “enflammer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,930
- “enflamme” frequency rank
- #21,931
- “enflammer” frequency rank
- 43861
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enflamme | enflammer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enflammer. | Mettre en flamme. |
Where the eye mixes enflamme and enflammer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. enflamme runs 8 letters (VCCCVCCV) against enflammer's 9 (VCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enflamme vs enflammer
A purely visual mix-up. enflamme (\ɑ̃.flam\) and enflammer (\ɑ̃.fla.me\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “enflamme” sits inside “enflammer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43861, 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\. enflammer is at rank #21,931, tagged as averb, 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 43861, this pair ranks #214,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enflamme vs enflammer
Shared letters: aeflmn. Private to "enflamme": -. Private to "enflammer": r.
"enflamme" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCV · "enflammer" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enflamme" for "enflammer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enflamme" vs "enflammer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "enflamme" and "enflammer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enflamme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enflammer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #214,817 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enflamme" and "enflammer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enflamment vs enflammer". 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 #214,817 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.