Which to use
“effectif” and “effectifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,327
- “effectif” frequency rank
- #5,448
- “effectifs” frequency rank
- 9775
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effectif | effectifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui produit un effet réel. | Masculin pluriel de effectif. |
Same sound, different letters: effectif vs effectifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: effectif vs effectifs
This is the hard kind. effectif and effectifs are pronounced identically (\e.fɛk.tif\) 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) - “effectif” sits inside “effectifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9775, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effectif is recorded at frequency rank #4,327, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.fɛk.tif\. effectifs is at rank #5,448, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.fɛk.tif\.
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 9775, this pair ranks #415,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of effectif vs effectifs
Shared letters: cefit. Private to "effectif": -. Private to "effectifs": s.
"effectif" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "effectifs" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "effectif" for "effectifs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "effectif" vs "effectifs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"effectif" and "effectifs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "effectif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "effectifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,449 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effectif" and "effectifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effectif vs effectua". 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 #415,449 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.