Which to use
“enfuir” and “enfuit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,212
- “enfuir” frequency rank
- #13,373
- “enfuit” frequency rank
- 24585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfuir | enfuit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Factitif) (Utilisé uniquement dans faire enfuir) Échapper rapidement quelque part. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de enfuir. |
Where the eye mixes enfuir and enfuit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enfuir and enfuit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses enfuir with enfuit
A purely visual mix-up. enfuir (\ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\) and enfuit (\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 a single letter - r in “enfuir” becomes t in “enfuit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfuir is recorded at frequency rank #11,212, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.fɥiʁ\. 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 24585, this pair ranks #345,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enfuir vs enfuit
Shared letters: efinu. Private to "enfuir": r. Private to "enfuit": t.
"enfuir" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "enfuit" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enfuir" and "enfuit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "enfuir" or "enfuit" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfuir" 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 #345,778 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfuir" and "enfuit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfouir vs enfuit". 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 #345,778 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.