Which to use
“envi” and “envies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,828
- “envi” frequency rank
- #9,652
- “envies” frequency rank
- 29480
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envi | envies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Argent qu’on mise, pour surenchérir sur un adversaire lors d’un jeu. | Pluriel de envie. |
Same sound, different letters: envi vs envies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. envi runs 4 letters (VCCV) against envies's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - envi / envies
This is the hard kind. envi and envies are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.vi\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “envi” sits inside “envies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envi is recorded at frequency rank #19,828, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.vi\. envies is at rank #9,652, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.vi\.
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 29480, this pair ranks #316,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of envi vs envies
Shared letters: einv. Private to "envi": -. Private to "envies": s.
"envi" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "envies" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "envi" for "envies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "envi" vs "envies" - which ranks higher?
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 "envi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "envies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #316,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envi" and "envies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envi vs étai". 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 #316,423 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.