Which to use
“enfui” and “enfuit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,717
- “enfui” frequency rank
- #13,373
- “enfuit” frequency rank
- 40090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfui | enfuit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de enfuir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de enfuir. |
Same sound, different letters: enfui vs enfuit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: enfui vs enfuit
This is the hard kind. enfui and enfuit 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 “enfuit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40090, 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\. enfuit is at rank #13,373, 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 40090, this pair ranks #243,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enfui vs enfuit
Shared letters: efinu. Private to "enfui": -. Private to "enfuit": t.
"enfui" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "enfuit" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enfui" for "enfuit" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enfui" vs "enfuit" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"enfui" and "enfuit" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfuit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #243,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfui" and "enfuit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enflé vs enfui". 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 #243,124 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.