Which to use
“enfoncé” and “enfouie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,737
- “enfoncé” frequency rank
- #39,778
- “enfouie” frequency rank
- 58515
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfoncé | enfouie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’est pas au niveau du reste, qui forme cavité, ou un endroit profond. | Féminin singulier de enfoui. |
Where the eye mixes enfoncé and enfouie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. enfoncé (VCCVCCV) and enfouie (VCCVVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses enfoncé with enfouie
A purely visual mix-up. enfoncé (\ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se\) and enfouie (\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 58515, 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\. enfouie is at rank #39,778, 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 58515, this pair ranks #108,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfoncé vs enfouie
Shared letters: efno. Private to "enfoncé": cé. Private to "enfouie": iu.
"enfoncé" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "enfouie" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- enfouie ← efnouie · enffouie · enfoiue · enfouei · enfuoie · ennfouie · enofuie · nefouie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enfoncé" for "enfouie" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enfoncé" vs "enfouie" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enfoncé" and "enfouie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfoncé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfouie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfoncé" and "enfouie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfouie vs enjouée". 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 #108,614 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.