EFTA

/ɛf.tɑː/

//ɛf.tɑː// name

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"efta" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“EFTA” is uncommon English (frequency #65,083 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,083
frequency rank, English
18,836
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Initialism of European Free Trade Association.

Key facts for EFTA
PropertyValue
HeadwordEFTA
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ɛf.tɑː/
Letters4
Frequency rank#65,083
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “EFTA” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). EFTA lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

EFTA is uncommon English at frequency #65,083 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɛf.tɑː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of European Free Trade Association.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for EFTA, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is EFTA, spelled E-F-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Initialism of European Free Trade Association.

This word in other languages

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "EFTA"?
"EFTA" is spelled E-F-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ɛf.tɑː/.
What does "EFTA" mean?
As a proper noun, "EFTA" means: Initialism of European Free Trade Association.
How do you pronounce "EFTA"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "EFTA" is /ɛf.tɑː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "EFTA" come from?
"EFTA" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “EFTA”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is E-F-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ɛf.tɑː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list