s’enfoncer
\s‿ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se\
The verdict
“s’enfoncer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de enfoncer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-enfoncer · s’enfoncer · French
s’enfoncer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | s’enfoncer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
s’enfoncer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de enfoncer.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for s’enfoncer, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 s’enfoncer, spelled S-’-E-N-F-O-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de enfoncer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how s’enfoncer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Vengeur dit cela. Puis, l’immensité sombre, Bond par bond, prolongea, des plaines aux parois Des montagnes, l’écho violent de la Voix Qui s’enfonça longtemps dans l’abîme de l’ombre.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.