effarés
\e.fa.ʁe\
The verdict
“effarés” is uncommon French (frequency #86,662 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,662
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de effaré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effares · effarés · French
effarés · rank #86,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,662
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH effleurant
Nearest frequency peer: effleurant (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « effarés »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- développera…
développerait
13,343 corpus weight
- E6
E6
13,342 corpus weight
- ecclésial
ecclésial
13,341 corpus weight
- effarés
effarés
13,339 corpus weight
- effleurant
effleurant
13,338 corpus weight
- elli
elli
13,336 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « effarés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effarés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.fa.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « effarés » en français
Rare enough to double-check
effarés is uncommon French at frequency #86,662 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.fa.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de effaré.".
effarés doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is effarés, spelled E-F-F-A-R-É-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de effaré.
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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