Which to use
“enfouies” and “enfouis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,855
- “enfouies” frequency rank
- #29,760
- “enfouis” frequency rank
- 72615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfouies | enfouis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de enfoui. | Masculin pluriel de enfoui. |
Same sound, different letters: enfouies vs enfouis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enfouies runs 8 letters (VCCVVVVC) against enfouis's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - enfouies / enfouis
This is the hard kind. enfouies 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfouies is recorded at frequency rank #42,855, 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 72615, this pair ranks #43,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfouies vs enfouis
Shared letters: efinosu. Private to "enfouies": -. Private to "enfouis": -.
"enfouies" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC · "enfouis" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enfouies" and "enfouis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "enfouies" vs "enfouis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "enfouies" / "enfouis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfouies" 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 #43,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfouies" and "enfouis" 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 #43,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.