effondre

\e.fɔ̃dʁ\

/\e.fɔ̃dʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“effondre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,960. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,960
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de effondrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-effondre · effondre · French

effondre · rank #12,960 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,960
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH edit

Nearest frequency peer: edit (-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 « effondre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « effondre » 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).

effondre vs effondrer
89% similar
effondre vs effondrée
89% similar
effondre vs effondrés
78% similar

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

Key facts for effondre
PropertyValue
Headwordeffondre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.fɔ̃dʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,960
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « effondre »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « edit » (#12,959), « enfoirés » (#12,961), « engouement » (#12,962). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « effondre » est au #12,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around effondre (IPA \e.fɔ̃dʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,960 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for effondre, with forms such as "effnodre", "effodnre", and "effonddre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "effondrer", "effondrée", "effondrés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is effondre, spelled E-F-F-O-N-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de effondrer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de effondrer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de effondrer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de effondrer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de effondrer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • effnodre
  • effodnre
  • effonddre
  • effonder
  • effondrre
  • effonndre
  • effonrde
  • efofndre
  • efondre
  • fefondre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

effnodre2effodnre2effonddre1effonder2effondrre1effonndre1effonrde2efofndre2
Edit distance from "effondre"

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 "effondre"?
"effondre" is spelled E-F-F-O-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.fɔ̃dʁ\.
What does "effondre" mean?
As a verb, "effondre" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de effondrer.
What words are commonly confused with "effondre"?
"effondre" is commonly confused with "effondrer", "effondrée", "effondrés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "effondre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effondre" is \e.fɔ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effondre" come from?
"effondre" 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 "effondre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enfoirés#12,961désignée#12,957déposées#12,956estivale#12,965

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Gatineau10 variantsdiffusés10 variantscrucial10 variantsjuriste10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list