efféminer

\e.fe.mi.ne\

/\e.fe.mi.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“efféminer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rendre quelqu'un comparable à une femme quant à son aspect, à ses manières.

Corpus desk

Index FR-effeminer · efféminer · French

efféminer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for efféminer
PropertyValue
Headwordefféminer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.fe.mi.ne\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “efféminer” sits in French frequency

efféminer falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

efféminer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.fe.mi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for efféminer 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists 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 efféminer, spelled E-F-F-É-M-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre quelqu'un comparable à une femme quant à son aspect, à ses manières.
  2. 2
    Rendre faible, affaiblir.

Synonyms

féminiser

This word in other languages

afeminar(Español)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "efféminer"?
"efféminer" is spelled E-F-F-É-M-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.fe.mi.ne\.
What does "efféminer" mean?
As a verb, "efféminer" means: Rendre quelqu'un comparable à une femme quant à son aspect, à ses manières.
How do you pronounce "efféminer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "efféminer" is \e.fe.mi.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "efféminer" come from?
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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