Which to use
“enfoiré” is a noun and “enfoirés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,925
- “enfoiré” frequency rank
- #12,961
- “enfoirés” frequency rank
- 27886
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfoiré | enfoirés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne déloyale, de peu de moralité, irrespectueuse ; imbécile, bon à rien. | Masculin pluriel de enfoiré. |
Same sound, different letters: enfoiré vs enfoirés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enfoiré runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against enfoirés's 8 (VCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: enfoiré vs enfoirés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enfoiré and enfoirés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “enfoiré” sits inside “enfoirés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfoiré is recorded at frequency rank #14,925, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\. enfoirés is at rank #12,961, tagged as anadj, 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 27886, this pair ranks #326,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enfoiré vs enfoirés
Shared letters: efinoré. Private to "enfoiré": -. Private to "enfoirés": s.
"enfoiré" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "enfoirés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enfoiré" for "enfoirés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enfoiré" vs "enfoirés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfoiré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfoirés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfoiré" and "enfoirés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfoiré vs enfouir". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #326,159 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.