effaçage
\ɛ.fa.saʒ\
The verdict
“effaçage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’effacer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effacage · effaçage · French
effaçage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effaçage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ.fa.saʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « effaçage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
effaçage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ.fa.saʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’effacer.".
effaçage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is effaçage, spelled E-F-F-A-Ç-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action d’effacer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how effaçage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Art. 3… le prix de l'effaçage [du n°], pour chaque voiture, est fixé à 25 centimes à la fourrière, et à 1 franc à domicile… Art. 8. Aucun effaçage ou numérotage ne pourra être effectué… (Ordonn. de police, 31 mai 1866)
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.