Which to use
“enflammées” is an adjective and “enflammer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,142
- “enflammées” frequency rank
- #21,931
- “enflammer” frequency rank
- 68073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enflammées | enflammer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de enflammé. | Mettre en flamme. |
Same sound, different letters: enflammées vs enflammer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. enflammées runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVVC) against enflammer's 9 (VCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - enflammées and enflammer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enflammées and enflammer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.fla.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enflammées is recorded at frequency rank #46,142, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.fla.me\. 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 68073, this pair ranks #60,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enflammées vs enflammer
Shared letters: aeflmn. Private to "enflammées": sé. Private to "enflammer": r.
"enflammées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC · "enflammer" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enflammer ← efnlammer · enfalmmer · enfflammer · enflamemr · enflamer · enflammerr · enflammre · enfllammer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enflammées" and "enflammer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "enflammées" or "enflammer"?
After this comparison
"enflammées" and "enflammer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "enflammées" 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 #60,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enflammées" and "enflammer" 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 #60,704 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.