effarement

\e.faʁ.mɑ̃\

/\e.faʁ.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“effarement” is uncommon French (frequency #95,853 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,853
frequency rank, French
201,161
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État d’une personne effarée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-effarement · effarement · French

effarement · rank #95,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,853
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 201,161
  • PHOTO-FINISH effaroucher

Nearest frequency peer: effaroucher (+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 “effarement”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “effarement” 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 May 6, 2026
Key facts for effarement
PropertyValue
Headwordeffarement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.faʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#95,853
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “effarement” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). effarement lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

effarement is uncommon French at frequency #95,853 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.faʁ.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État d’une personne effarée.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for effarement in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is effarement, spelled E-F-F-A-R-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’une personne effarée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quel paysage ! ruminait Durtal, […]. Il se rappelait l’effroi du site qu’il avait traversé entre Saint-Georges de Commiers et La Mure, son effarement en wagon lorsque le train passait lentement au-dessus des gouffres.
  2. […], je lis avec effarement, à plusieurs encoignures, des affiches enluminées […]. « Engagez-vous dans l'armée coloniale! » s'écrie l'autre, toute enluminée de perroquets, toute rehaussée de nudités affriolantes.

This word in other languages

alarm(English)

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "effarement"?
"effarement" is spelled E-F-F-A-R-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.faʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "effarement" mean?
As a noun, "effarement" means: État d’une personne effarée.
How do you pronounce "effarement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effarement" is \e.faʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effarement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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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