enfoncent
\ɑ̃.fɔ̃s\
The verdict
“enfoncent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,929. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,929
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enfoncer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enfoncent · enfoncent · French
enfoncent · rank #35,929 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,929
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH entourait
Nearest frequency peer: entourait (+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 « enfoncent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ems
ems
64,076 corpus weight
- encombrants
encombrants
64,075 corpus weight
- encouragean…
encourageants
64,074 corpus weight
- enfoncent
enfoncent
64,072 corpus weight
- entourait
entourait
64,071 corpus weight
- envelopper
envelopper
64,070 corpus weight
What this shows « enfoncent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enfoncent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɔ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #35,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « enfoncent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around enfoncent (IPA \ɑ̃.fɔ̃s\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,929 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 enfoncent, with forms such as "efnoncent", "enffoncent", and "enfnocent". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "enfoncer", "enfoncé", "enfoncée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is enfoncent, spelled E-N-F-O-N-C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enfoncer.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de enfoncer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enfoncent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les forces lucifériennes quant à elles agissent à l’exact opposé des forces ahrimaniennes densifiantes qui nous sédimentent et nous enfoncent profondément dans la matière dans le but de nous faire oublier notre véritable nature spirituelle.
En arrière, les roues s’enfoncent à mi-moyeu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efnoncent
- enffoncent
- enfnocent
- enfocnent
- enfonccent
- enfoncennt
- enfoncentt
- enfoncetn
- enfoncnet
- enfonecnt
- enfonncent
- ennfoncent
- enofncent
- nefoncent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enfoncent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enfoncent", 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).