Which to use
“effacer” and “effacera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,974
- “effacer” frequency rank
- #49,624
- “effacera” frequency rank
- 55598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effacer | effacera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire disparaître plus ou moins, en parlant de la forme, des couleurs de quelque chose. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de effacer. |
Where the eye mixes effacer and effacera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. effacer runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against effacera's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses effacer with effacera
A purely visual mix-up. effacer (\e.fa.se\) and effacera (\e.fa.sə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “effacer” sits inside “effacera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effacer is recorded at frequency rank #5,974, classified as averb, pronounced \e.fa.se\. effacera is at rank #49,624, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.fa.sə.ʁa\.
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 55598, this pair ranks #126,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of effacer vs effacera
Shared letters: acefr. Private to "effacer": -. Private to "effacera": -.
"effacer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "effacera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "effacer" and "effacera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "effacer" vs "effacera" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "effacer" and "effacera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "effacer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "effacera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effacer" and "effacera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effacées 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 #126,468 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.