Which to use
“enfoiré” is a noun and “enfuir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,925
- “enfoiré” frequency rank
- #11,212
- “enfuir” frequency rank
- 26137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfoiré | enfuir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne déloyale, de peu de moralité, irrespectueuse ; imbécile, bon à rien. | (Factitif) (Utilisé uniquement dans faire enfuir) Échapper rapidement quelque part. |
Where the eye mixes enfoiré and enfuir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enfoiré runs 7 letters (VCCVVCV) against enfuir's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enfoiré vs enfuir
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enfoiré is \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\ while enfuir is \ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26137, 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\. enfuir is at rank #11,212, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\.
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 26137, this pair ranks #336,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enfoiré vs enfuir
Shared letters: efinr. Private to "enfoiré": oé. Private to "enfuir": u.
"enfoiré" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV · "enfuir" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enfuir ← efnuir · enffuir · enfiur · enfuirr · enfuri · ennfuir · enufir · nefuir
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enfoiré" and "enfuir" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "enfoiré" or "enfuir"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfoiré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfuir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfoiré" and "enfuir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfoiré 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 #336,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.