Which to use
“enfui” and “enfuient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,717
- “enfui” frequency rank
- #33,672
- “enfuient” frequency rank
- 60389
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfui | enfuient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de enfuir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de enfuir. |
Same sound, different letters: enfui vs enfuient
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - enfui / enfuient
This is the hard kind. enfui and enfuient 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 3 extra letter(s) - “enfui” sits inside “enfuient”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60389, 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\. enfuient is at rank #33,672, 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 60389, this pair ranks #97,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfui vs enfuient
Shared letters: efinu. Private to "enfui": -. Private to "enfuient": t.
"enfui" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "enfuient" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enfui" and "enfuient" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "enfui" vs "enfuient" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "enfui" / "enfuient". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfuient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfui" and "enfuient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfuient vs envient". 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 #97,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.