ennuis
\ɑ̃.nɥi\
The verdict
“ennuis” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,150. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,150
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ennui.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ennuis · ennuis · French
ennuis · rank #10,150 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,150
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH emblée
Nearest frequency peer: emblée (-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 « ennuis »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dépassant
dépassant
89,855 corpus weight
- emblée
emblée
89,852 corpus weight
- ennuis
ennuis
89,851 corpus weight
- ethniques
ethniques
89,850 corpus weight
- excessive
excessive
89,849 corpus weight
- exclut
exclut
89,848 corpus weight
What this shows « ennuis » 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 | ennuis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.nɥi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ennuis »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around ennuis (IPA \ɑ̃.nɥi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,150 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ennui.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ennuis, with forms such as "ennius", "ennuiss", and "ennusi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "étuis", "envois", "ensuit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ennuis, spelled E-N-N-U-I-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ennui.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ennuis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais n’importe comment avec cette sage-femme j’aurais eu des ennuis… C’était couru.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ennius
- ennuiss
- ennusi
- enuis
- enunis
- nenuis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ennuis - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).