effronterie
\e.fʁɔ̃.tʁi\
The verdict
“effronterie” is uncommon French (frequency #92,685 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,685
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère, attitude de celui qui est effronté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effronterie · effronterie · French
effronterie · rank #92,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,685
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH effilés
Nearest frequency peer: effilés (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « effronterie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- EAG
EAG
7,322 corpus weight
- effilés
effilés
7,317 corpus weight
- effronterie
effronterie
7,316 corpus weight
- eidos
eidos
7,315 corpus weight
- eighties
eighties
7,314 corpus weight
- emballant
emballant
7,310 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « effronterie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effronterie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.fʁɔ̃.tʁi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « effronterie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
effronterie is uncommon French at frequency #92,685 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.fʁɔ̃.tʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for effronterie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is effronterie, spelled E-F-F-R-O-N-T-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Caractère, attitude de celui qui est effronté.
- 2Manière d’agir, de parler de celui qui est effronté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how effronterie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… nous entendions la respiration des chèvres. Il y en eut même quelques-unes qui pénétrèrent dans notre logis et qui s’y installèrent malgré nous, avec l’effronterie drôle propre à leur espèce.
M. Clausel prit la parole, et il eut l’effronterie de déclarer qu’aussitôt que la Chambre serait prorogée, il imprimerait un Mémoire à ce sujet.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).