Which to use
“ennuient” and “ennuies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,146
- “ennuient” frequency rank
- #35,019
- “ennuies” frequency rank
- 65165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ennuient | ennuies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de ennuyer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ennuyer. |
Same sound, different letters: ennuient vs ennuies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ennuient runs 8 letters (VCCVVVCC) against ennuies's 7 (VCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - ennuient and ennuies
This is the hard kind. ennuient and ennuies are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.nɥi\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ennuient is recorded at frequency rank #30,146, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.nɥi\. ennuies is at rank #35,019, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.nɥi\.
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 65165, this pair ranks #73,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ennuient vs ennuies
Shared letters: einu. Private to "ennuient": t. Private to "ennuies": s.
"ennuient" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVCC · "ennuies" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ennuient" and "ennuies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ennuient" or "ennuies"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ennuient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ennuies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ennuient" and "ennuies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ennuies vs ennuyée". 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 #73,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.