effacée

\e.fa.se\

/\e.fa.se\/ adj

The verdict

“effacée” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,956. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,956
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de effacé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-effacee · effacée · French

effacée · rank #24,956 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,956
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH ee

Nearest frequency peer: ee (-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 “effacée”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “effacée” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

effacée vs effacer
71% similar
effacée vs effrayée
75% similar
effacée vs effacent
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for effacée
PropertyValue
Headwordeffacée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.fa.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,956
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “effacée” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).effacéese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ee » (#24,955), « encombre » (#24,957), « enfantin » (#24,958). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around effacée (IPA \e.fa.se\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,956 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de effacé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for effacée, with forms such as "efacée", "efafcée", and "effaccée". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "effacer", "effrayée", "effacent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is effacée, spelled E-F-F-A-C-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de effacé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how effacée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sauveur apprit aussi qu’Anne Lechat était la nièce du premier mari de Mme Compain « un tordu que le soleil d’Afrique n’avait pas arrangé », qu’elle avait trente-cinq ans (fortiche le commissaire…) qu’elle vivait près de « La Grande Maison », un peu à l’écart, qu’elle était timide et effacée mais « bonne comme le pain, toujours prête à rendre service sans…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efacée
  • efafcée
  • effaccée
  • effacee
  • effaceé
  • effaéce
  • effcaée
  • fefacée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of effacée - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

efacée1efafcée2effaccée1effacee1effaceé2effaéce2effcaée2fefacée2
Edit distance from "effacée"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "effacée"?
"effacée" is spelled E-F-F-A-C-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.fa.se\.
What does "effacée" mean?
As an adjective, "effacée" means: Féminin singulier de effacé.
What words are commonly confused with "effacée"?
"effacée" is commonly confused with "effacer", "effrayée", "effacent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "effacée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effacée" is \e.fa.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effacée" come from?
"effacée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "effacée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • "effacée" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "effacer". View pair
  • 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #24,956 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse

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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