enfuir

/\ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,212

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

enfuir is aFrenchverb. It means: (Factitif) (Utilisé uniquement dans faire enfuir) Échapper rapidement quelque part. Pronounced \ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\. Often confused with ennui and ennuie.

Key facts for enfuir
PropertyValue
Headwordenfuir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,212
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for enfuir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,212 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for enfuir, with forms such as "efnuir", "enffuir", and "enfiur". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "ennui", "ennuie", "ennuis", 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 enfuir, spelled E-N-F-U-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Factitif) (Utilisé uniquement dans faire enfuir) Échapper rapidement quelque part.
  2. 2
    (Utilisé uniquement dans s’enfuir) Fuir, s’échapper de quelque part.
  3. 3
    S’écouler d’un pot, d’un vase, en parlant d’une liqueur.
  4. 4
    (Utilisé uniquement dans s’enfuir) Passer, disparaître, se dissiper.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efnuir,enffuir,enfiur,enfuirr,enfuri,ennfuir,enufir,nefuir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enfuir

Misspelling Variants of "enfuir"

efnuir6enffuir7enfiur6enfuirr7enfuri6ennfuir7enufir6nefuir6
Misspelling Variants of "enfuir"

Frequency rank: #11,212 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enfuir"?
"enfuir" is spelled E-N-F-U-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\.
What does "enfuir" mean?
As a verb, "enfuir" means: (Factitif) (Utilisé uniquement dans faire enfuir) Échapper rapidement quelque part.
What words are commonly confused with "enfuir"?
"enfuir" is commonly confused with "ennui", "ennuie", "ennuis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enfuir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enfuir" is \ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enfuir" come from?
"enfuir" 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.