Which to use
“enfermée” and “enfermées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,474
- “enfermée” frequency rank
- #40,246
- “enfermées” frequency rank
- 58720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfermée | enfermées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de enfermé. | Féminin pluriel de enfermé. |
Same sound, different letters: enfermée vs enfermées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. enfermée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against enfermées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - enfermée and enfermées
This is the hard kind. enfermée and enfermées are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “enfermée” sits inside “enfermées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfermée is recorded at frequency rank #18,474, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\. enfermées is at rank #40,246, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me\.
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 58720, this pair ranks #107,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfermée vs enfermées
Shared letters: efmnré. Private to "enfermée": -. Private to "enfermées": s.
"enfermée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "enfermées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enfermée" for "enfermées" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfermée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfermées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfermée" and "enfermées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfermées vs enferment". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #107,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.