Which to use
“effet” and “effets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #270
- “effet” frequency rank
- #1,258
- “effets” frequency rank
- 1528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effet | effets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui est produit par quelque cause. | Pluriel de effet. |
Same sound, different letters: effet vs effets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - effet and effets
This is the hard kind. effet and effets are pronounced identically (\e.fɛ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “effet” sits inside “effets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effet is recorded at frequency rank #270, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.fɛ\. effets is at rank #1,258, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.fɛ\.
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 1528, this pair ranks #437,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of effet vs effets
Shared letters: eft. Private to "effet": -. Private to "effets": s.
"effet" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "effets" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "effet" and "effets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "effet" or "effets"?
What to do next
"effet" and "effets" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "effet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "effets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,894 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effet" and "effets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effects vs effets". 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 #437,894 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.