Which to use
“enrôlés” is a noun and “envoler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,447
- “enrôlés” frequency rank
- #14,033
- “envoler” frequency rank
- 58480
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enrôlés | envoler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de enrôlé. | (Utilisé uniquement dans s’envoler) Voler ailleurs. |
Where the eye mixes enrôlés and envoler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: enrôlés vs envoler
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enrôlés is \ɑ̃.ʁo.le\ while envoler is \ɑ̃.vɔ.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58480, 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\. 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 58480, this pair ranks #108,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enrôlés vs envoler
Shared letters: elnr. Private to "enrôlés": séô. Private to "envoler": ov.
"enrôlés" · 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
Is swapping "enrôlés" for "envoler" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "enrôlés" or "envoler" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "enrôlés" and "envoler" 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 "envoler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enrôlés" and "envoler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrôlés vs Eyrolles". 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 #108,830 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.