# enjoy

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ/ · frequency rank #848

## Definitions
1. To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
2. To have the use or benefit of something.
3. To be satisfied or receive pleasure; to have fun.
4. To have sexual intercourse with.

## Etymology
From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- + joy.

## Easily confused with
- **envy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enjoy-vs-envy)
- **Enzo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enjoy-vs-enzo)
- **Enos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enjoy-vs-enos)
- **entry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enjoy-vs-entry)
- **envoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enjoy-vs-envoy)
- **Enron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enjoy-vs-enron)
- **enjoys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enjoy-vs-enjoys)
- **enjoyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enjoy-vs-enjoyed)
- **enemy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enemy-vs-enjoy)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ejnoy`, `enjjoy`, `enjoyy`, `enjyo`, `ennjoy`, `enojy`, `nejoy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/enjoy