enfuirent

\ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\

/\ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“enfuirent” is uncommon French (frequency #66,714 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,714
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de enfuir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enfuirent · enfuirent · French

enfuirent · rank #66,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,714
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enflures

Nearest frequency peer: enflures (-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 « enfuirent »

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 « enfuirent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enfuirent
PropertyValue
Headwordenfuirent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,714
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « enfuirent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).enfuirenttombe 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: « enflures » (#66,713), « enfermait » (#66,712), « engourdi » (#66,716). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « enfuirent » est au #66,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enfuirent is uncommon French at frequency #66,714 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de enfuir.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for enfuirent in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is enfuirent, spelled E-N-F-U-I-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de enfuir.

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 "enfuirent"?
"enfuirent" is spelled E-N-F-U-I-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\.
What does "enfuirent" mean?
As a verb, "enfuirent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de enfuir.
How do you pronounce "enfuirent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enfuirent" is \ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enfuirent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list