Which to use
“enferme” and “enferment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,617
- “enferme” frequency rank
- #41,269
- “enferment” frequency rank
- 56886
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enferme | enferment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de enfermer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de enfermer. |
Same sound, different letters: enferme vs enferment
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enferme runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against enferment's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: enferme vs enferment
This is the hard kind. enferme and enferment are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.fɛʁm\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “enferme” sits inside “enferment”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enferme is recorded at frequency rank #15,617, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fɛʁm\. enferment is at rank #41,269, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fɛʁm\.
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 56886, this pair ranks #118,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enferme vs enferment
Shared letters: efmnr. Private to "enferme": -. Private to "enferment": t.
"enferme" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "enferment" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enferme" and "enferment" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "enferme" or "enferment"?
What to do next
"enferme" and "enferment" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "enferme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enferment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enferme" and "enferment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfermant vs enferment". 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 #118,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.