Which to use
“ennuie” and “ennuyer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,819
- “ennuie” frequency rank
- #13,374
- “ennuyer” frequency rank
- 20193
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ennuie | ennuyer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ennuyer. | Causer de l’ennui, fatiguer l’esprit par quelque chose d’insignifiant, de monotone, de déplaisant, ou de trop long. |
Where the eye mixes ennuie and ennuyer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ennuie runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against ennuyer's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between ennuie and ennuyer
A purely visual mix-up. ennuie (\ɑ̃.nɥi\) and ennuyer (\ɑ̃.nɥi.je\) 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 20193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ennuie is recorded at frequency rank #6,819, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.nɥi\. ennuyer is at rank #13,374, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.nɥi.je\.
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 20193, this pair ranks #369,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ennuie vs ennuyer
Shared letters: enu. Private to "ennuie": i. Private to "ennuyer": ry.
"ennuie" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "ennuyer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ennuie" and "ennuyer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ennuie" or "ennuyer"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ennuie" and "ennuyer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ennuie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ennuyer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ennuie" and "ennuyer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ennuyer vs entuber". 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 #369,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.