effare
\e.faʁ\
The verdict
“effare” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de effarer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effare · effare · French
effare · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | effare |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.faʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « effare » en français
Rare enough to double-check
effare is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.faʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for effare in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is effare, spelled E-F-F-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de effarer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de effarer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de effarer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de effarer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de effarer.
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.