effrayé

\e.fʁɛ.je\

/\e.fʁɛ.je\/ adj

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The verdict

“effrayé” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,697
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est plein de frayeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-effraye · effrayé · French

effrayé · rank #17,697 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,697
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eleanor

Nearest frequency peer: Eleanor (+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 « effrayé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « effrayé » 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).

effrayé vs effréné
71% similar
effrayé vs effrayer
75% similar
effrayé vs effrayés
88% similar

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

Key facts for effrayé
PropertyValue
Headwordeffrayé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.fʁɛ.je\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,697
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « effrayé »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).effrayése 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 « Eleanor » (#17,698), « encouragements » (#17,700), « dévorer » (#17,692). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « effrayé » est au #17,697. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around effrayé (IPA \e.fʁɛ.je\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,697 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for effrayé, with forms such as "effaryé", "effraye", and "effrayyé". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "effréné", "effrayer", "effrayés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 effrayé, spelled E-F-F-R-A-Y-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est plein de frayeur.
  2. 2
    Qui ressent de l’appréhension.
  3. 3
    Se dit d'un quadrupède (surtout le cheval) qui est représenté debout sur ses pattes arrière et donnant l’impression de battre l’air de ses pattes avant. À rapprocher d’acculé, cabré, effaré, effarouché, forcené et furieux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. N’est-ce pas parce que vous êtes sa complice ? lança l’inspecteur, satisfait de son effet sur la pauvre secrétaire effrayée.
  2. Le clergé, effrayé par la saisie du temporel des quarante-cinq évèques, donna son adhésion, ainsi que l'Université, et Nogaret partit pour l'Italie avec des pouvoirs illimités.

This word in other languages

frightened(English)asustado(Español)erschreckt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • effaryé
  • effraye
  • effrayyé
  • effraéy
  • effrrayé
  • effryaé
  • efrayé
  • efrfayé
  • fefrayé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

effaryé2effraye1effrayyé1effraéy2effrrayé1effryaé2efrayé1efrfayé2
Edit distance from "effrayé"

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 "effrayé"?
"effrayé" is spelled E-F-F-R-A-Y-É. The IPA pronunciation is \e.fʁɛ.je\.
What does "effrayé" mean?
As an adjective, "effrayé" means: Qui est plein de frayeur.
What words are commonly confused with "effrayé"?
"effrayé" is commonly confused with "effréné", "effrayer", "effrayés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "effrayé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "effrayé" is \e.fʁɛ.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "effrayé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Eleanor#17,698dévorer#17,692escrocs#17,704déprimé#17,688

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

dormez9 variantsinfâme9 variantscollant9 variantsjargon9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list