Which to use
“enfoirés” and “enfouies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,961
- “enfoirés” frequency rank
- #42,855
- “enfouies” frequency rank
- 55816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfoirés | enfouies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de enfoiré. | Féminin pluriel de enfoui. |
Where the eye mixes enfoirés and enfouies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enfoirés (VCCVVCVC) and enfouies (VCCVVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: enfoirés vs enfouies
A purely visual mix-up. enfoirés (\ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\) and enfouies (\ɑ̃.fwi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfoirés is recorded at frequency rank #12,961, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.fwa.ʁe\. enfouies is at rank #42,855, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.fwi\.
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 55816, this pair ranks #125,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enfoirés vs enfouies
Shared letters: efinos. Private to "enfoirés": ré. Private to "enfouies": u.
"enfoirés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC · "enfouies" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enfouies ← efnouies · enffouies · enfoiues · enfoueis · enfouiess · enfouise · enfuoies · ennfouies
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "enfoirés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfouies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,055 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfoirés" and "enfouies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfouies 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 #125,055 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.