Which to use
“endure” is a verb and “ennuyé” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,317
- “endure” frequency rank
- #23,197
- “ennuyé” frequency rank
- 65514
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | endure | ennuyé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de endurer. | Personne qui a des ennuis. |
Where the eye mixes endure and ennuyé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. endure (VCCVCV) and ennuyé (VCCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses endure with ennuyé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: endure is \ɑ̃.dyʁ\ while ennuyé is \ɑ̃.nɥi.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
endure is recorded at frequency rank #42,317, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.dyʁ\. ennuyé is at rank #23,197, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.nɥi.je\.
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 65514, this pair ranks #71,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of endure vs ennuyé
Shared letters: enu. Private to "endure": dr. Private to "ennuyé": yé.
"endure" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "ennuyé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- endure ← ednure · enddure · endrue · enduer · enndure · enudre · nedure
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "endure" for "ennuyé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "endure" vs "ennuyé" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "endure" and "ennuyé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "endure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ennuyé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "endure" and "ennuyé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écœuré vs endure". 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 #71,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.