Which to use
“enlève” and “enlèvent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,573
- “enlève” frequency rank
- #22,255
- “enlèvent” frequency rank
- 26828
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enlève | enlèvent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enlever. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enlever. |
Same sound, different letters: enlève vs enlèvent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - enlève / enlèvent
This is the hard kind. enlève and enlèvent are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.lɛv\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “enlève” sits inside “enlèvent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enlève is recorded at frequency rank #4,573, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.lɛv\. enlèvent is at rank #22,255, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.lɛv\.
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 26828, this pair ranks #332,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enlève vs enlèvent
Shared letters: elnvè. Private to "enlève": -. Private to "enlèvent": t.
"enlève" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "enlèvent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enlève" and "enlèvent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "enlève" or "enlèvent"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "enlève" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enlèvent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enlève" and "enlèvent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enlevait vs enlèvent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #332,617 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.