Which to use
“effrayant” and “effrayants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,574
- “effrayant” frequency rank
- #37,787
- “effrayants” frequency rank
- 49361
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effrayant | effrayants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui fait peur ; qui donne de l’effroi ; qui effraye. | Masculin pluriel de effrayant. |
Same sound, different letters: effrayant vs effrayants
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. effrayant runs 9 letters (VCCCVVVCC) against effrayants's 10 (VCCCVVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - effrayant and effrayants
This is the hard kind. effrayant and effrayants are pronounced identically (\e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃\) 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) - “effrayant” sits inside “effrayants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49361, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effrayant is recorded at frequency rank #11,574, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃\. effrayants is at rank #37,787, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃\.
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 49361, this pair ranks #171,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of effrayant vs effrayants
Shared letters: aefnrty. Private to "effrayant": -. Private to "effrayants": s.
"effrayant" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVVCC · "effrayants" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- effrayant ← effaryant · effraaynt · effrayannt · effrayantt · effrayatn · effraynat · effrayyant · effrrayant
- effrayants ← effaryants · effraaynts · effrayannts · effrayanst · effrayantss · effrayantts · effrayatns · effraynats
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "effrayant" and "effrayants" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "effrayant" or "effrayants"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "effrayant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "effrayants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,328 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effrayant" and "effrayants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effrayantes vs effrayants". 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 #171,328 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.