Which to use
“ennuyé” is a noun and “ennuyée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,197
- “ennuyé” frequency rank
- #46,145
- “ennuyée” frequency rank
- 69342
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ennuyé | ennuyée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui a des ennuis. | Féminin singulier de ennuyé. |
Same sound, different letters: ennuyé vs ennuyée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ennuyé runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against ennuyée's 7 (VCCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - ennuyé / ennuyée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ennuyé and ennuyée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.nɥi.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ennuyé” sits inside “ennuyée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ennuyé is recorded at frequency rank #23,197, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.nɥi.je\. ennuyée is at rank #46,145, tagged as anadj, 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 69342, this pair ranks #55,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ennuyé vs ennuyée
Shared letters: enuyé. Private to "ennuyé": -. Private to "ennuyée": -.
"ennuyé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV · "ennuyée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ennuyé" and "ennuyée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ennuyé" vs "ennuyée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "ennuyé" / "ennuyée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ennuyé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ennuyée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ennuyé" and "ennuyée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ennuies vs ennuyée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #55,514 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.