Which to use
“ennuyais” and “ennuyait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,414
- “ennuyais” frequency rank
- #40,742
- “ennuyait” frequency rank
- 84156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ennuyais | ennuyait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ennuyer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ennuyer. |
Same sound, different letters: ennuyais vs ennuyait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. ennuyais and ennuyait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: ennuyais vs ennuyait
This is the hard kind. ennuyais and ennuyait are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.nɥi.jɛ\) 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 - s in “ennuyais” becomes t in “ennuyait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ennuyais is recorded at frequency rank #43,414, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.nɥi.jɛ\. ennuyait is at rank #40,742, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.nɥi.jɛ\.
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 84156, this pair ranks #13,471 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ennuyais vs ennuyait
Shared letters: aeinuy. Private to "ennuyais": s. Private to "ennuyait": t.
"ennuyais" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC · "ennuyait" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ennuyais" and "ennuyait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ennuyais" or "ennuyait"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ennuyais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ennuyait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,471 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ennuyais" and "ennuyait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ennuyais vs envoyais". 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 #13,471 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.