effraie des clochers
\e.fʁɛ dɛ klɔ.ʃe\
The verdict
“effraie des clochers” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce d'oiseau rapace nocturne, chouette et effraie ubiquiste au masque facial blanc en forme de cœur, et au ventre blanchâtre à blanc roussâtre plus ou moins piqueté de brun foncé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effraie des clochers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.fʁɛ dɛ klɔ.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “effraie des clochers” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for effraie des clochers is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.fʁɛ dɛ klɔ.ʃe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Espèce d'oiseau rapace nocturne, chouette et effraie ubiquiste au masque facial blanc en forme de cœur, et au ventre blanchâtre à blanc roussâtre plus ou moins piqueté de brun foncé.".
No misspelling variants are generated for effraie des clochers in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is effraie des clochers, spelled E-F-F-R-A-I-E- -D-E-S- -C-L-O-C-H-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Espèce d'oiseau rapace nocturne, chouette et effraie ubiquiste au masque facial blanc en forme de cœur, et au ventre blanchâtre à blanc roussâtre plus ou moins piqueté de brun foncé.
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- The one correct French spelling is E-F-F-R-A-I-E- -D-E-S- -C-L-O-C-H-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.