Which to use
“enflammer” is a verb and “enflammés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,931
- “enflammer” frequency rank
- #37,793
- “enflammés” frequency rank
- 59724
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enflammer | enflammés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre en flamme. | Masculin pluriel de enflammé. |
Same sound, different letters: enflammer vs enflammés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enflammer and enflammés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: enflammer vs enflammés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enflammer and enflammés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.fla.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enflammer is recorded at frequency rank #21,931, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fla.me\. enflammés is at rank #37,793, 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 59724, this pair ranks #101,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enflammer vs enflammés
Shared letters: aeflmn. Private to "enflammer": r. Private to "enflammés": sé.
"enflammer" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC · "enflammés" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enflammer ← efnlammer · enfalmmer · enfflammer · enflamemr · enflamer · enflammerr · enflammre · enfllammer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enflammer" for "enflammés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enflammer" or "enflammés"?
What to do next
"enflammer" and "enflammés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "enflammer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enflammés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,517 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enflammer" and "enflammés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enflamment vs enflammés". 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 #101,517 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.