effacement

\e.fas.mɑ̃\

/\e.fas.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“effacement” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,250. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,250
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’effacer, de s’effacer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-effacement · effacement · French

effacement · rank #22,250 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,250
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH dévolu

Nearest frequency peer: dévolu (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « effacement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « effacement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

effacement vs effacent
80% similar
effacement vs espacement
80% similar
effacement vs efficacement
83% similar

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

Key facts for effacement
PropertyValue
Headwordeffacement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.fas.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,250
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « effacement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.effacementse 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 « dévolu » (#22,249), « effraie » (#22,251), « dévier » (#22,248). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « effacement » est au #22,250. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around effacement (IPA \e.fas.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,250 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for effacement, with forms such as "efacement", "efafcement", and "effaccement". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "effacent", "espacement", "efficacement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is effacement, spelled E-F-F-A-C-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’effacer, de s’effacer.
  2. 2
    Disparition partielle ou progressive.
  3. 3
    Position en retrait, discrète.
  4. 4
    Culture de l’effacement.
  5. 5
    Diminution artificielle de la demande en énergie lorsqu’elle est supérieure à la production.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Ma fille, tenez-vous droite ». Cet ordre était toujours accompagné d’un mouvement de tête et d’un effacement d’épaules que la petite personne s’empressait d’imiter.
  2. Notre précédente étude a montré quelle est la situation de la seconde ville de France, où une population allogène se superpose ou, pour mieux dire, se substitue à l'ancienne population indigène, en voie d'effacement.

Synonyms

effaçage

This word in other languages

erasure(English)borrado(Español)apagamento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efacement
  • efafcement
  • effaccement
  • effaceemnt
  • effacemennt
  • effacementt
  • effacemetn
  • effacemment
  • effacemnet
  • effacmeent
  • effaecment
  • effcaement
  • fefacement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of effacement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

efacement1efafcement2effaccement1effaceemnt2effacemennt1effacementt1effacemetn2effacemment1
Edit distance from "effacement"

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 "effacement"?
"effacement" is spelled E-F-F-A-C-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.fas.mɑ̃\.
What does "effacement" mean?
As a noun, "effacement" means: Action d’effacer, de s’effacer.
What words are commonly confused with "effacement"?
"effacement" is commonly confused with "effacent", "espacement", "efficacement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "effacement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effacement" is \e.fas.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effacement" come from?
"effacement" is a French 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

effrayante#22,252décryptage#22,242entretenus#22,258dramaturge#22,239

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

encadrés13 variantsenlèvent13 variantseurovision13 variantsfinaliser13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list