ennuie

\ɑ̃.nɥi\

/\ɑ̃.nɥi\/ verb

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The verdict

“ennuie” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,819
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ennuyer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ennuie · ennuie · French

ennuie · rank #6,819 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,819
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH emmène

Nearest frequency peer: emmène (-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 « ennuie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ennuie » 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).

ennuie vs envie
67% similar
ennuie vs ernie
67% similar
ennuie vs envoie
67% similar

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

Key facts for ennuie
PropertyValue
Headwordennuie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.nɥi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,819
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ennuie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ennuiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « emmène » (#6,818), « entité » (#6,820), « emmener » (#6,817). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « ennuie » est au #6,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around ennuie (IPA \ɑ̃.nɥi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,819 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ennuie, with forms such as "enniue", "ennuei", and "enuie". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "envie", "ernie", "envoie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ennuie, spelled E-N-N-U-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ennuyer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ennuyer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ennuyer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ennuyer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de ennuyer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En ce moment, le travail vous ennuie et vous le négligez.
  2. Mes enfants auront tout leur bien, celui de leur mère et le mien ; mais ils ne veulent sans doute pas que leur père s’ennuie, se moinifie et se momifie !…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enniue
  • ennuei
  • enuie
  • enunie
  • nenuie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ennuie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

enniue2ennuei2enuie1enunie2nenuie2
Edit distance from "ennuie"

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 "ennuie"?
"ennuie" is spelled E-N-N-U-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.nɥi\.
What does "ennuie" mean?
As a verb, "ennuie" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ennuyer.
What words are commonly confused with "ennuie"?
"ennuie" is commonly confused with "envie", "ernie", "envoie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ennuie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ennuie" is \ɑ̃.nɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ennuie" come from?
"ennuie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

emmène#6,818entité#6,820Edward#6,816exacte#6,823

Similar misspelling depth

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

maïs5 variantsmore5 variantsOTAN5 variantspress5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list