Which to use
“effacées” and “espacées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,471
- “effacées” frequency rank
- #37,321
- “espacées” frequency rank
- 68792
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effacées | espacées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de effacé. | Féminin pluriel de espacé. |
Where the eye mixes effacées and espacées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. effacées and espacées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between effacées and espacées
A purely visual mix-up. effacées (\e.fa.se\) and espacées (\ɛs.pa.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effacées is recorded at frequency rank #31,471, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.fa.se\. espacées is at rank #37,321, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛs.pa.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 68792, this pair ranks #57,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of effacées vs espacées
Shared letters: acesé. Private to "effacées": f. Private to "espacées": p.
"effacées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "espacées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "effacées" and "espacées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "effacées" or "espacées"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "effacées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "espacées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,685 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effacées" and "espacées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effacées vs effacera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #57,685 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.