Which to use
“enfouie” and “enfouies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,778
- “enfouie” frequency rank
- #42,855
- “enfouies” frequency rank
- 82633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfouie | enfouies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de enfoui. | Féminin pluriel de enfoui. |
Same sound, different letters: enfouie vs enfouies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enfouie runs 7 letters (VCCVVVV) against enfouies's 8 (VCCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: enfouie vs enfouies
This is the hard kind. enfouie and enfouies are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.fwi\) 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) - “enfouie” sits inside “enfouies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfouie is recorded at frequency rank #39,778, classified as anadj, 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 82633, this pair ranks #16,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfouie vs enfouies
Shared letters: efinou. Private to "enfouie": -. Private to "enfouies": s.
"enfouie" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "enfouies" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enfouie" and "enfouies" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "enfouie" vs "enfouies" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "enfouie" / "enfouies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfouie" 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 #16,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfouie" 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 #16,325 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.