ennuient

\ɑ̃.nɥi\

/\ɑ̃.nɥi\/ verb

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The verdict

“ennuient” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,146
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ennuient · ennuient · French

ennuient · rank #30,146 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,146
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH ennuyeuse

Nearest frequency peer: ennuyeuse (+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 « ennuient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ennuient » 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).

ennuient vs ennuies
75% similar
ennuient vs envient
75% similar
ennuient vs envoient
75% similar

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

Key facts for ennuient
PropertyValue
Headwordennuient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.nɥi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,146
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ennuient »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ennuientse 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 « ennuyeuse » (#30,147), « emménage » (#30,144), « embrassée » (#30,143). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « ennuient » est au #30,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ennuient (IPA \ɑ̃.nɥi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,146 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ennuient, with forms such as "enniuent", "ennueint", and "ennuiennt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "ennuies", "envient", "envoient", 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 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 ennuient, spelled E-N-N-U-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ennuyer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de ennuyer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enniuent
  • ennueint
  • ennuiennt
  • ennuientt
  • ennuietn
  • ennuinet
  • enuient
  • enunient
  • nenuient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ennuient - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

enniuent2ennueint2ennuiennt1ennuientt1ennuietn2ennuinet2enuient1enunient2
Edit distance from "ennuient"

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 "ennuient"?
"ennuient" is spelled E-N-N-U-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.nɥi\.
What does "ennuient" mean?
As a verb, "ennuient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ennuyer.
What words are commonly confused with "ennuient"?
"ennuient" is commonly confused with "ennuies", "envient", "envoient". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ennuient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ennuient" is \ɑ̃.nɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ennuient" come from?
"ennuient" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

emménage#30,144exotisme#30,151effacent#30,140Dufresne#30,136

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

faisiez9 variantsforcez9 variantsfourrage9 variantsfourrés9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list