Which to use
“effacée” is an adjective and “effacer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,956
- “effacée” frequency rank
- #5,974
- “effacer” frequency rank
- 30930
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effacée | effacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de effacé. | Faire disparaître plus ou moins, en parlant de la forme, des couleurs de quelque chose. |
Same sound, different letters: effacée vs effacer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. effacée (VCCVCVV) and effacer (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - effacée and effacer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: effacée and effacer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.fa.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30930, 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\. effacer is at rank #5,974, tagged as averb, 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 30930, this pair ranks #307,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of effacée vs effacer
Shared letters: acef. Private to "effacée": é. Private to "effacer": r.
"effacée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "effacer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- effacer ← efacer · efafcer · effaccer · effacerr · effacre · effaecr · effcaer · fefacer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "effacée" and "effacer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "effacée" vs "effacer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "effacer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effacée" and "effacer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effacée vs effacera". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #307,080 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.