effarant
\e.fa.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“effarant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,861
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui effare.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effarant · effarant · French
effarant · rank #47,861 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,861
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH effluents
Nearest frequency peer: effluents (+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 « effarant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- déplaisent
déplaisent
52,144 corpus weight
- déroula
déroula
52,143 corpus weight
- editor
editor
52,142 corpus weight
- effarant
effarant
52,140 corpus weight
- effluents
effluents
52,139 corpus weight
- elm
elm
52,137 corpus weight
What this shows « effarant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | effarant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.fa.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « effarant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around effarant (IPA \e.fa.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,861 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for effarant, with forms such as "efafrant", "efarant", and "effaarnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "emparant", "effrayant", "efforçant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is effarant, spelled E-F-F-A-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui effare.
- 2Extrême.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how effarant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais il y a folkloristes et folkloristes. J'en ai vu de singuliers, quelques-uns d’effarants. On se fait un folklore à sa convenance. On attend des fées. On part à leur rencontre, le bâton de pèlerin à la main.
Le Journal de Montréal documente ces jours-ci l’effarant déclin du français dans la région métropolitaine.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efafrant
- efarant
- effaarnt
- effarannt
- effarantt
- effaratn
- effarnat
- effarrant
- effraant
- fefarant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of effarant - 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.
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 "effarant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).