effigie

\ɛ.fi.ʒi\

/\ɛ.fi.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“effigie” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,120. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,120
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure, représentation d’une personne sous une forme quelconque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-effigie · effigie · French

effigie · rank #16,120 · 7 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,120
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH détaillés

Nearest frequency peer: détaillés (-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 « effigie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « effigie » 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).

effigie vs effraie
71% similar

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

Key facts for effigie
PropertyValue
Headwordeffigie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ.fi.ʒi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,120
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « effigie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).effigiese 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 « détaillés » (#16,119), « effondrer » (#16,121), « dérogation » (#16,118). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « effigie » est au #16,120. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around effigie (IPA \ɛ.fi.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,120 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for effigie, with forms such as "effgiie", "effigei", and "effiggie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "effraie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is effigie, spelled E-F-F-I-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Figure, représentation d’une personne sous une forme quelconque.
  2. 2
    Figure représentée sur la face d'une monnaie ou d'une médaille.
  3. 3
    Tableau où le condamné, qui était en fuite, était représenté subissant la peine prononcée contre lui, et au bas duquel son nom et l’arrêt étaient écrits

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les effigies qu’on publia de lui soulignaient d’abord une immense moustache noire et, en second lieu, derrière la moustache, un air farouchement irascible.
  2. Les cinq hommes fumaient silencieusement leur pipe de bois ou de plâtre, immobiles comme des effigies après leur longue besogne : des effigies couleur d’argile, aux yeux creux de fatigue.

This word in other languages

effigy(English)Bildnis(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • effgiie
  • effigei
  • effiggie
  • effiige
  • efifgie
  • efigie
  • fefigie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of effigie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

effgiie2effigei2effiggie1effiige2efifgie2efigie1fefigie2
Edit distance from "effigie"

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 "effigie"?
"effigie" is spelled E-F-F-I-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.fi.ʒi\.
What does "effigie" mean?
As a noun, "effigie" means: Figure, représentation d’une personne sous une forme quelconque.
What words are commonly confused with "effigie"?
"effigie" is commonly confused with "effraie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "effigie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effigie" is \ɛ.fi.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effigie" come from?
"effigie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dénommé#16,116exercée#16,127fertile#16,130commise#16,097

Similar misspelling depth

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

fable7 variantsbobos7 variantsbingo7 variantsjetez7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list