effrayant

\e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃\

/\e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“effrayant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,574. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,574
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait peur ; qui donne de l’effroi ; qui effraye.

Corpus desk

Index FR-effrayant · effrayant · French

effrayant · rank #11,574 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,574
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH eddy

Nearest frequency peer: eddy (-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 « effrayant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « effrayant » 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).

effrayant vs effrayante
90% similar
effrayant vs effrayants
90% similar
effrayant vs effrayantes
82% similar

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

Key facts for effrayant
PropertyValue
Headwordeffrayant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,574
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « effrayant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).effrayantse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « eddy » (#11,573), « emballage » (#11,575), « déçus » (#11,572). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « effrayant » est au #11,574. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around effrayant (IPA \e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,574 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for effrayant, with forms such as "effaryant", "effraaynt", and "effrayannt". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "effrayante", "effrayants", "effrayantes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is effrayant, spelled E-F-F-R-A-Y-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fait peur ; qui donne de l’effroi ; qui effraye.
  2. 2
    Qui effraye par sa force, son intensité, son caractère extraordinaire.
  3. 3
    Très important, excessif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des bruits effrayants.
  2. […]; des multitudes éperdues grimpèrent par d’effrayants sentiers jusqu’à ces régions si élevées que les arbres ne poussaient plus.

Synonyms

effroyableglaçantconsidérableextraordinaireimmenseterrible

This word in other languages

frightful(English)espantoso(Español)entsetzlich(Deutsch)assustador(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • effaryant
  • effraaynt
  • effrayannt
  • effrayantt
  • effrayatn
  • effraynat
  • effrayyant
  • effrrayant
  • effryaant
  • efrayant
  • efrfayant
  • fefrayant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

effaryant2effraaynt2effrayannt1effrayantt1effrayatn2effraynat2effrayyant1effrrayant1
Edit distance from "effrayant"

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 "effrayant"?
"effrayant" is spelled E-F-F-R-A-Y-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃\.
What does "effrayant" mean?
As an adjective, "effrayant" means: Qui fait peur ; qui donne de l’effroi ; qui effraye.
What words are commonly confused with "effrayant"?
"effrayant" is commonly confused with "effrayante", "effrayants", "effrayantes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "effrayant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effrayant" is \e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effrayant" come from?
"effrayant" 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 "effrayant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

emballage#11,575dynamisme#11,567fantasmes#11,581fiabilité#11,583

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

défenses12 variantsdevrions12 variantscuisinier12 variantsgarantis12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list