enfoiré

/\ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,925

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

enfoiré is aFrenchnoun. It means: Personne déloyale, de peu de moralité, irrespectueuse ; imbécile, bon à rien. Pronounced \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\. Often confused with envoie and enfuir.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of enfoiré in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for enfoiré is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,925 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for enfoiré, with forms such as "efnoiré", "enffoiré", and "enfioré". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is enfoiré, spelled E-N-F-O-I-R-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efnoiré,enffoiré,enfioré,enfoire,enfoirré,enfoiér,enforié,ennfoiré,enofiré,nefoiré

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enfoiré

Misspelling Variants of "enfoiré"

efnoiré7enffoiré8enfioré7enfoire7enfoirré8enfoiér7enforié7ennfoiré8
Misspelling Variants of "enfoiré"

Frequency rank: #14,925 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.