enfermez

\ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\

/\ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\/ verb

The verdict

“enfermez” is uncommon French (frequency #68,249 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,249
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-enfermez · enfermez · French

enfermez · rank #68,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,249
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH endurent

Nearest frequency peer: endurent (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « enfermez »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « enfermez » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enfermez
PropertyValue
Headwordenfermez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,249
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « enfermez » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.enfermeztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « endurent » (#68,248), « engueulades » (#68,250), « endommageant » (#68,247). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enfermez » est au #68,249. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enfermez is uncommon French at frequency #68,249 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for enfermez in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is enfermez, spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enfermer.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de enfermer.

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 "enfermez"?
"enfermez" is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\.
What does "enfermez" mean?
As a verb, "enfermez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enfermer.
How do you pronounce "enfermez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enfermez" is \ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list