effets

\e.fɛ\

/\e.fɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“effets” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,258. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,258
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de effet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-effets · effets · French

effets · rank #1,258 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,258
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH divers

Nearest frequency peer: divers (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « effets »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « effets » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

effets vs elfes
67% similar
effets vs enfers
67% similar
effets vs efforts
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for effets
PropertyValue
Headwordeffets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.fɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,258
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « effets »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.effetsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « divers » (#1,257), « envers » (#1,259), « direct » (#1,256). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « effets » est au #1,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around effets (IPA \e.fɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,258 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de effet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for effets, with forms such as "efefts", "efets", and "effest". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "elfes", "enfers", "efforts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is effets, spelled E-F-F-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de effet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how effets appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Déjà, dans une des discussions relatives à la septicémie, auxquelles j’ai pris part, j’ai exprimé le vœu que l’on mît à profit cette possibilité de septicémiser les lapins à volonté pour expérimenter les moyens thérapeutiques que l’on pouvait opposer à la septicémie, soit en préparant l’organisme à lui résister par une médication ou un régime préalables,…
  2. Mon cheval, sellé et bridé, ronge son frein et piaffe à ma porte; mes effets encombrent le patio, ficelés et prêts à être chargés.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efefts
  • efets
  • effest
  • effetss
  • effetts
  • efftes
  • fefets

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of effets - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efefts2efets1effest2effetss1effetts1efftes2fefets2
Edit distance from "effets"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "effets"?
"effets" is spelled E-F-F-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.fɛ\.
What does "effets" mean?
As a noun, "effets" means: Pluriel de effet.
What words are commonly confused with "effets"?
"effets" is commonly confused with "elfes", "enfers", "efforts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "effets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effets" is \e.fɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effets" come from?
"effets" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "effets", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list