enleva vs enlever, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“enleva” and “enlever” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,494
“enleva” frequency rank: #2,672
“enlever” frequency rank: 51166
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	enleva	enlever
Definition	Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de enlever.	Déplacer vers le haut.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set enleva and enlever apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

enleva

7 ch

enlever

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. enleva (\ɑ̃.lə.va\) and enlever (\ɑ̃l.ve\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enleva is recorded at frequency rank #48,494, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.lə.va\. enlever is at rank #2,672, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃l.ve\.

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 51166, this pair ranks #157,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enleva vs enlever

Shared letters: elnv. Private to "enleva": a. Private to "enlever": r.

"enleva" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "enlever" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

enleva ← elneva · enelva · enleav · enlevva · enlleva · enlvea · ennleva · neleva
enlever ← elnever · enelver · enleevr · enleverr · enlevre · enlevver · enllever · enlveer

Frequency comparison

enleva#48,494

enlever#2,672

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "enleva" and "enlever" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.lə.va\ versus \ɑ̃l.ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "enleva" or "enlever"?

"enlever" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,672 in our French list, against #48,494 for "enleva". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering enleva vs enlever

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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