Which to use
“enlève” and “enlèves” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,573
- “enlève” frequency rank
- #26,352
- “enlèves” frequency rank
- 30925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enlève | enlèves |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enlever. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enlever. |
Same sound, different letters: enlève vs enlèves
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. enlève runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against enlèves's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - enlève and enlèves
This is the hard kind. enlève and enlèves 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 1 extra letter(s) - “enlève” sits inside “enlèves”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30925, 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\. enlèves is at rank #26,352, 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 30925, this pair ranks #307,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enlève vs enlèves
Shared letters: elnvè. Private to "enlève": -. Private to "enlèves": s.
"enlève" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "enlèves" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enlève" for "enlèves" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enlève" or "enlèves"?
After this comparison
"enlève" and "enlèves" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "enlève" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enlèves" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enlève" and "enlèves" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enleva vs enlèves". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #307,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.