enferment

\ɑ̃.fɛʁm\

/\ɑ̃.fɛʁm\/ verb

The verdict

“enferment” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,269
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enfermer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enferment · enferment · French

enferment · rank #41,269 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,269
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH encourageait

Nearest frequency peer: encourageait (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « enferment »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « enferment » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

enferment vs enfermer
78% similar
enferment vs enferme
78% similar
enferment vs enfermée
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for enferment
PropertyValue
Headwordenferment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.fɛʁm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,269
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enferment »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.enfermentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « encourageait » (#41,268), « emprisonne » (#41,267), « englober » (#41,271). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enferment » est au #41,269. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around enferment (IPA \ɑ̃.fɛʁm\), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,269 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for enferment, with forms such as "efnerment", "enefrment", and "enfemrent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "enfermer", "enferme", "enfermée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is enferment, spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enfermer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de enfermer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how enferment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. De là, ils échafaudent des théories à ne plus respirer la nuit, ils inventent des prisons où ils s’enferment, pour ensuite se désenfermer à l’aide d’un medium et, finalement, parcourir ébahis les rues d’une « vie nouvelle ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efnerment
  • enefrment
  • enfemrent
  • enferemnt
  • enfermennt
  • enfermentt
  • enfermetn
  • enfermment
  • enfermnet
  • enferrment
  • enfferment
  • enfrement
  • ennferment
  • neferment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enferment - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

efnerment2enefrment2enfemrent2enferemnt2enfermennt1enfermentt1enfermetn2enfermment1
Edit distance from "enferment"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enferment"?
"enferment" is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.fɛʁm\.
What does "enferment" mean?
As a verb, "enferment" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enfermer.
What words are commonly confused with "enferment"?
"enferment" is commonly confused with "enfermer", "enferme", "enfermée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enferment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enferment" is \ɑ̃.fɛʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enferment" come from?
"enferment" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enferment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list