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 eye mixes enleva and enlever
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enleva runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against enlever's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses enleva with enlever
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enleva" and "enlever" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enleva" vs "enlever" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enleva" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enlever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enleva" and "enlever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enleva vs enlevait". 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 #157,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.