effervescent
\e.fɛʁ.ve.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“effervescent” is uncommon French (frequency #71,477 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,477
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bouillonnant, agité, en effervescence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effervescent · effervescent · French
effervescent · rank #71,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,477
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH effrontément
Nearest frequency peer: effrontément (+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 « effervescent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- détonateurs
détonateurs
28,529 corpus weight
- déverrouille
déverrouille
28,528 corpus weight
- dévoyée
dévoyée
28,526 corpus weight
- effervescent
effervescent
28,524 corpus weight
- effrontément
effrontément
28,523 corpus weight
- embrassaient
embrassaient
28,519 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « effervescent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effervescent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.fɛʁ.ve.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #71,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « effervescent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
effervescent is uncommon French at frequency #71,477 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.fɛʁ.ve.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for effervescent in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is effervescent, spelled E-F-F-E-R-V-E-S-C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Bouillonnant, agité, en effervescence.
- 2Qui est susceptible d’effervescence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how effervescent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lendemain, ils ne se voyaient pas. Les couples restaient enfermés chez eux, à la diète, écœurés, abusant de cafés noirs et de cachets effervescents.
J’aurais voulu qu’elle vînt m’apporter un thé brûlant et sans sucre, qu’elle posât sur mon front une compresse humide, qu’elle fît dissoudre dans un grand verre cristallin des cachets effervescents.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).