Which to use
“enjoint” and “envoient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,936
- “enjoint” frequency rank
- #8,388
- “envoient” frequency rank
- 37324
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enjoint | envoient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de enjoindre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envoyer. |
Where the eye mixes enjoint and envoient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enjoint runs 7 letters (VCCVVCC) against envoient's 8 (VCCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses enjoint with envoient
A purely visual mix-up. enjoint (\ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃\) and envoient (\ɑ̃.vwa\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37324, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enjoint is recorded at frequency rank #28,936, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃\. envoient is at rank #8,388, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vwa\.
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 37324, this pair ranks #263,226 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enjoint vs envoient
Shared letters: einot. Private to "enjoint": j. Private to "envoient": v.
"enjoint" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC · "envoient" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enjoint" for "envoient" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enjoint" vs "envoient" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enjoint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envoient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,226 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enjoint" and "envoient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envient vs envoient". 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 #263,226 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.