Which to use
“enfoiré” is a noun and “enfouir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,925
- “enfoiré” frequency rank
- #41,770
- “enfouir” frequency rank
- 56695
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfoiré | enfouir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne déloyale, de peu de moralité, irrespectueuse ; imbécile, bon à rien. | Enterrer dans un trou creusé à cet effet et le recouvrir une fois mis en terre. |
Where the eye mixes enfoiré and enfouir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enfoiré (VCCVVCV) and enfouir (VCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: enfoiré vs enfouir
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enfoiré is \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\ while enfouir is \ɑ̃.fwiʁ\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56695, 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\. enfouir is at rank #41,770, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fwiʁ\.
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 56695, this pair ranks #119,485 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enfoiré vs enfouir
Shared letters: efinor. Private to "enfoiré": é. Private to "enfouir": u.
"enfoiré" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "enfouir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enfouir ← efnouir · enffouir · enfoiur · enfouirr · enfouri · enfuoir · ennfouir · enofuir
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enfoiré" for "enfouir" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enfoiré" vs "enfouir" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enfoiré" and "enfouir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfoiré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfouir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,485 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfoiré" and "enfouir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encourir vs enfouir". 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 #119,485 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.