efface
\e.fas\
The verdict
“efface” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,492
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit cube de caoutchouc qui sert à effacer ce qui a été écrit avec un crayon de plomb.
Corpus desk
Index FR-efface · efface · French
efface · rank #10,492 · 6 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,492
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH déçue
Nearest frequency peer: déçue (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “efface”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- distinctes
distinctes
89,513 corpus weight
- découverts
découverts
89,512 corpus weight
- détachement
détachement
89,511 corpus weight
- déçue
déçue
89,510 corpus weight
- efface
efface
89,509 corpus weight
- empreintes
empreintes
89,507 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “efface” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | efface |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.fas\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “efface” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around efface (IPA \e.fas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,492 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Petit cube de caoutchouc qui sert à effacer ce qui a été écrit avec un crayon de plomb.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for efface, with forms such as "eface", "efafce", and "effacce". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "espace", "effect", "enfance", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is efface, spelled E-F-F-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Petit cube de caoutchouc qui sert à effacer ce qui a été écrit avec un crayon de plomb.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how efface appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous ses articles: crayons, efface, règle, sont parfaitement identifiés.
Une efface pour les barbos.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eface
- efafce
- effacce
- effaec
- effcae
- feface
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of efface - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "efface", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "efface". Here's where to go from here.
- "efface" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "espace". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,492 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.