Which to use
“effacée” and “effacées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,956
- “effacée” frequency rank
- #31,471
- “effacées” frequency rank
- 56427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effacée | effacées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de effacé. | Féminin pluriel de effacé. |
Same sound, different letters: effacée vs effacées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. effacée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against effacées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: effacée vs effacées
This is the hard kind. effacée and effacées are pronounced identically (\e.fa.se\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “effacée” sits inside “effacées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effacée is recorded at frequency rank #24,956, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.fa.se\. effacées is at rank #31,471, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.fa.se\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56427, this pair ranks #121,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of effacée vs effacées
Shared letters: acefé. Private to "effacée": -. Private to "effacées": s.
"effacée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "effacées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "effacée" for "effacées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "effacée" or "effacées"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "effacée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "effacées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effacée" and "effacées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effacées vs effacera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #121,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.