Which to use
“enrôler” and “envoler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,479
- “enrôler” frequency rank
- #14,033
- “envoler” frequency rank
- 45512
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enrôler | envoler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Inscrire sur les rôles de l’armée de terre ou de mer. | (Utilisé uniquement dans s’envoler) Voler ailleurs. |
Where the eye mixes enrôler and envoler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enrôler and envoler follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between enrôler and envoler
A purely visual mix-up. enrôler (\ɑ̃.ʁɔ.le\) and envoler (\ɑ̃.vɔ.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45512, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enrôler is recorded at frequency rank #31,479, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁɔ.le\. envoler is at rank #14,033, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vɔ.le\.
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 45512, this pair ranks #202,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enrôler vs envoler
Shared letters: elnr. Private to "enrôler": ô. Private to "envoler": ov.
"enrôler" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "envoler" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- envoler ← ennvoler · enovler · envloer · envoelr · envolerr · envoller · envolre · envvoler
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enrôler" and "envoler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enrôler" vs "envoler" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enrôler" and "envoler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enrôler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enrôler" and "envoler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrôler vs enrôlés". 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 #202,199 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.