efféminés
\e.fe.mi.ne\
The verdict
“efféminés” is uncommon French (frequency #74,745 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,745
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de efféminé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effemines · efféminés · French
efféminés · rank #74,745 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,745
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH effaces
Nearest frequency peer: effaces (-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 « efféminés »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- eating
eating
25,260 corpus weight
- effaces
effaces
25,257 corpus weight
- efféminés
efféminés
25,256 corpus weight
- electricity
electricity
25,255 corpus weight
- elmo
elmo
25,253 corpus weight
- embellissent
embellissent
25,252 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « efféminés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | efféminés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.fe.mi.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « efféminés » en français
Rare enough to double-check
efféminés is uncommon French at frequency #74,745 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.fe.mi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de efféminé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for efféminés, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 efféminés, spelled E-F-F-É-M-I-N-É-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de efféminé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how efféminés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin, pour énoncer que le quartier des bains appelé Salmakis, était le rendez-vous des hommes efféminés, des eunuques et des mignons, les voisins disaient malicieusement que ces bains rendaient efféminés et hermaphroditiques ceux qui les fréquentaient.
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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