Which to use
“enfiler” and “exiler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,608
- “enfiler” frequency rank
- #28,165
- “exiler” frequency rank
- 44773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfiler | exiler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Traverser d’un fil par une ouverture pratiquée à cet effet. | Envoyer en exil. |
Where the eye mixes enfiler and exiler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enfiler runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against exiler's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enfiler vs exiler
A purely visual mix-up. enfiler (\ɑ̃.fi.le\) and exiler (\ɛɡ.zi.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfiler is recorded at frequency rank #16,608, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fi.le\. exiler is at rank #28,165, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.le\.
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 44773, this pair ranks #207,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enfiler vs exiler
Shared letters: eilr. Private to "enfiler": fn. Private to "exiler": x.
"enfiler" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "exiler" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enfiler" and "exiler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enfiler" vs "exiler" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enfiler" and "exiler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfiler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exiler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfiler" and "exiler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "épier vs exiler". 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 #207,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.