Which to use
“enfui” and “enfuie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,717
- “enfui” frequency rank
- #38,275
- “enfuie” frequency rank
- 64992
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfui | enfuie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de enfuir. | Participe passé féminin singulier de enfuir. |
Same sound, different letters: enfui vs enfuie
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. enfui runs 5 letters (VCCVV) against enfuie's 6 (VCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - enfui / enfuie
This is the hard kind. enfui and enfuie are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.fɥi\) and both work as averb. 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) - “enfui” sits inside “enfuie”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfui is recorded at frequency rank #26,717, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fɥi\. 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 64992, this pair ranks #74,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfui vs enfuie
Shared letters: efinu. Private to "enfui": -. Private to "enfuie": -.
"enfui" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "enfuie" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enfui" for "enfuie" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enfui" or "enfuie"?
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 "enfui" 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 #74,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfui" and "enfuie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfouies vs enfuie". 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 #74,399 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.