effectifs

/\e.fɛk.tif\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,448

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

effectifs is anFrenchadj. It means: Masculin pluriel de effectif. Pronounced \e.fɛk.tif\. It ranks #5,448 in French word frequency. Often confused with effects and effective.

Key facts for effectifs
PropertyValue
Headwordeffectifs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\e.fɛk.tif\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,448
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of effectifs in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for effectifs is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.fɛk.tif\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,448 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Masculin pluriel de effectif.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for effectifs, with forms such as "efectifs", "efefctifs", and "effcetifs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "effects", "effective", "effectives", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is effectifs, spelled E-F-F-E-C-T-I-F-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de effectif.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: efectifs,efefctifs,effcetifs,effecctifs,effecitfs,effectfis,effectiffs,effectifss,effectisf,effecttifs,effetcifs,fefectifs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for effectifs

Misspelling Variants of "effectifs"

efectifs8efefctifs9effcetifs9effecctifs10effecitfs9effectfis9effectiffs10effectifss10
Misspelling Variants of "effectifs"

Frequency rank: #5,448 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "effectifs"?
"effectifs" is spelled E-F-F-E-C-T-I-F-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.fɛk.tif\.
What does "effectifs" mean?
As an adj, "effectifs" means: Masculin pluriel de effectif.
What words are commonly confused with "effectifs"?
"effectifs" is commonly confused with "effects", "effective", "effectives". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "effectifs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effectifs" is \e.fɛk.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effectifs" come from?
"effectifs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.