Which to use
“encore” is an adverb and “enfoiré” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #85
- “encore” frequency rank
- #14,925
- “enfoiré” frequency rank
- 15010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encore | enfoiré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui sert à marquer que l’action ou l’état dont il s’agit se continue, se continuera ou s’est continué jusqu’au temps indiqué par le verbe ou par les autres circonstances du discours. Pour la négation, voir pas encore. | Personne déloyale, de peu de moralité, irrespectueuse ; imbécile, bon à rien. |
Where the eye mixes encore and enfoiré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. encore runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against enfoiré's 7 (VCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses encore with enfoiré
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: encore is \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\ while enfoiré is \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encore is recorded at frequency rank #85, classified as anadv, pronounced \ɑ̃.kɔʁ\. enfoiré is at rank #14,925, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 15010, this pair ranks #394,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of encore vs enfoiré
Shared letters: enor. Private to "encore": c. Private to "enfoiré": fié.
"encore" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "enfoiré" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encore ← ecnore · enccore · encoer · encorre · encroe · enncore · enocre · necore
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encore" and "enfoiré" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "encore" or "enfoiré" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "encore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfoiré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encore" and "enfoiré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfoiré vs enfouir". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #394,253 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.