enfermer dehors
\ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me də.ɔʁ\
The verdict
“enfermer dehors” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empêcher quelqu’un de rentrer en verrouillant par inadvertance l’accès à un endroit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enfermer-dehors · enfermer dehors · French
enfermer dehors · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enfermer dehors |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me də.ɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « enfermer dehors » en français
Rare enough to double-check
enfermer dehors is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me də.ɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Empêcher quelqu’un de rentrer en verrouillant par inadvertance l’accès à un endroit.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for enfermer dehors, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is enfermer dehors, spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-R- -D-E-H-O-R-S.
Definition
- 1Empêcher quelqu’un de rentrer en verrouillant par inadvertance l’accès à un endroit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enfermer dehors appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils se font enfermer dehors par leur bébé le soir de Noël.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.