Which to use
“enfuie” and “enfuit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,275
- “enfuie” frequency rank
- #13,373
- “enfuit” frequency rank
- 51648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfuie | enfuit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de enfuir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de enfuir. |
Same sound, different letters: enfuie vs enfuit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. enfuie (VCCVVV) and enfuit (VCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - enfuie and enfuit
This is the hard kind. enfuie 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 a single letter - e in “enfuie” becomes t in “enfuit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfuie is recorded at frequency rank #38,275, 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 51648, this pair ranks #153,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enfuie vs enfuit
Shared letters: efinu. Private to "enfuie": -. Private to "enfuit": t.
"enfuie" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "enfuit" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enfuie" and "enfuit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "enfuie" or "enfuit"?
What to do next
"enfuie" and "enfuit" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfuie" 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 #153,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfuie" and "enfuit" 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 #153,459 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.