Which to use
“enfoncé” and “enfoncée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,737
- “enfoncé” frequency rank
- #33,243
- “enfoncée” frequency rank
- 51980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfoncé | enfoncée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est pas au niveau du reste, qui forme cavité, ou un endroit profond. | Féminin singulier de enfoncé. |
Same sound, different letters: enfoncé vs enfoncée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enfoncé runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against enfoncée's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - enfoncé / enfoncée
This is the hard kind. enfoncé and enfoncée are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “enfoncé” sits inside “enfoncée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfoncé is recorded at frequency rank #18,737, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se\. enfoncée is at rank #33,243, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se\.
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 51980, this pair ranks #151,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enfoncé vs enfoncée
Shared letters: cefnoé. Private to "enfoncé": -. Private to "enfoncée": -.
"enfoncé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "enfoncée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enfoncé" for "enfoncée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enfoncé" or "enfoncée"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "enfoncé" / "enfoncée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfoncé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfoncée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfoncé" and "enfoncée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfoncée vs énoncée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #151,030 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.