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

#44,447
“enrôlés” frequency rank
#36,375
“envolées” frequency rank
80822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enrôlés envolées
Definition Pluriel de enrôlé. Pluriel de envolée.

Where the eye mixes enrôlés and envolées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enrôlés runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against envolées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
enrôlés
8 ch
envolées

Why the eye confuses enrôlés with envolées

A purely visual mix-up. enrôlés (\ɑ̃.ʁo.le\) and envolées (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enrôlés is recorded at frequency rank #44,447, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁo.le\. envolées is at rank #36,375, tagged as anoun, 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 80822, this pair ranks #20,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enrôlés vs envolées

Shared letters: elnsé. Private to "enrôlés": rô. Private to "envolées": ov.

"enrôlés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "envolées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "enrôlés" and "envolées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.ʁo.le\ versus \ɑ̃.vɔ.le\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enrôlés" or "envolées"?
"envolées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,375 in our French list, against #44,447 for "enrôlés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "enrôlés" and "envolées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enrôlés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "envolées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enrôlés" and "envolées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrôlés vs Eyrolles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #20,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list