Which to use
“enfouie” and “enfouis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,778
- “enfouie” frequency rank
- #29,760
- “enfouis” frequency rank
- 69538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfouie | enfouis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de enfoui. | Masculin pluriel de enfoui. |
Same sound, different letters: enfouie vs enfouis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. enfouie (VCCVVVV) and enfouis (VCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - enfouie and enfouis
This is the hard kind. enfouie and enfouis 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 a single letter - e in “enfouie” becomes s in “enfouis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69538, 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\. enfouis is at rank #29,760, 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 69538, this pair ranks #54,724 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfouie vs enfouis
Shared letters: efinou. Private to "enfouie": -. Private to "enfouis": s.
"enfouie" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV · "enfouis" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enfouie" and "enfouis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "enfouie" or "enfouis" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfouie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfouis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,724 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfouie" and "enfouis" 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 #54,724 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.