enfoiré

\ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\

/\ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\/ noun

The verdict

“enfoiré” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,925. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,925
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne déloyale, de peu de moralité, irrespectueuse ; imbécile, bon à rien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enfoire · enfoiré · French

enfoiré · rank #14,925 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,925
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH energy

Nearest frequency peer: energy (-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 « enfoiré »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « enfoiré » 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).

enfoiré vs envoie
57% similar
enfoiré vs enfuir
71% similar
enfoiré vs enfuie
57% similar

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

Key facts for enfoiré
PropertyValue
Headwordenfoiré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,925
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enfoiré »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).enfoirése 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 « energy » (#14,924), « Enrique » (#14,926), « endormie » (#14,923). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enfoiré » est au #14,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around enfoiré (IPA \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,925 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for enfoiré, with forms such as "efnoiré", "enffoiré", and "enfioré". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "envoie", "enfuir", "enfuie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is enfoiré, spelled E-N-F-O-I-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne déloyale, de peu de moralité, irrespectueuse ; imbécile, bon à rien.
  2. 2
    Pote, copain.
  3. 3
    Maladroit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J'aime pas les sales enfoirés qui se mêlent des affaires des autres. Et j'aime encore moins les langues de pute dans ton genre qui vomissent des horreurs sur leur voisins.
  2. Vous ferez ainsi clairement comprendre aux autres enfoirés que vous ne tolérerez pas leurs conneries.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efnoiré
  • enffoiré
  • enfioré
  • enfoire
  • enfoirré
  • enfoiér
  • enforié
  • ennfoiré
  • enofiré
  • nefoiré

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enfoiré - 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.

efnoiré2enffoiré1enfioré2enfoire1enfoirré1enfoiér2enforié2ennfoiré1
Edit distance from "enfoiré"

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 "enfoiré"?
"enfoiré" is spelled E-N-F-O-I-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\.
What does "enfoiré" mean?
As a noun, "enfoiré" means: Personne déloyale, de peu de moralité, irrespectueuse ; imbécile, bon à rien.
What words are commonly confused with "enfoiré"?
"enfoiré" is commonly confused with "envoie", "enfuir", "enfuie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enfoiré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enfoiré" is \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enfoiré" come from?
"enfoiré" 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 "enfoiré", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list