Which to use
“enfouir” and “enfuie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,770
- “enfouir” frequency rank
- #38,275
- “enfuie” frequency rank
- 80045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfouir | enfuie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enterrer dans un trou creusé à cet effet et le recouvrir une fois mis en terre. | Participe passé féminin singulier de enfuir. |
Where the eye mixes enfouir and enfuie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enfouir runs 7 letters (VCCVVVC) against enfuie's 6 (VCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enfouir vs enfuie
A purely visual mix-up. enfouir (\ɑ̃.fwiʁ\) and enfuie (\ɑ̃.fɥi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfouir is recorded at frequency rank #41,770, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fwiʁ\. enfuie is at rank #38,275, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fɥi\.
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 80045, this pair ranks #21,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfouir vs enfuie
Shared letters: efinu. Private to "enfouir": or. Private to "enfuie": -.
"enfouir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC · "enfuie" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enfouir" for "enfuie" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enfouir" or "enfuie"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfouir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfuie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfouir" and "enfuie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encourir 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 #21,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.