Which to use
“enfoui” is a verb and “enfouies” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,424
- “enfoui” frequency rank
- #42,855
- “enfouies” frequency rank
- 70279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfoui | enfouies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe enfouir. | Féminin pluriel de enfoui. |
Same sound, different letters: enfoui vs enfouies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. enfoui runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against enfouies's 8 (VCCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - enfoui / enfouies
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enfoui and enfouies carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.fwi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “enfoui” sits inside “enfouies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfoui is recorded at frequency rank #27,424, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fwi\. 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 70279, this pair ranks #51,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfoui vs enfouies
Shared letters: efinou. Private to "enfoui": -. Private to "enfouies": s.
"enfoui" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "enfouies" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enfoui" and "enfouies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "enfoui" or "enfouies"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfoui" 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 #51,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfoui" 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 #51,955 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.