Which to use
“effrayé” is an adjective and “effrayer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,697
- “effrayé” frequency rank
- #18,186
- “effrayer” frequency rank
- 35883
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effrayé | effrayer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est plein de frayeur. | Remplir de frayeur. |
Same sound, different letters: effrayé vs effrayer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - effrayé and effrayer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: effrayé and effrayer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.fʁɛ.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effrayé is recorded at frequency rank #17,697, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.fʁɛ.je\. effrayer is at rank #18,186, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.fʁɛ.je\.
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 35883, this pair ranks #273,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of effrayé vs effrayer
Shared letters: aefry. Private to "effrayé": é. Private to "effrayer": -.
"effrayé" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV · "effrayer" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- effrayer ← effaryer · effraeyr · effrayerr · effrayre · effrayyer · effrrayer · effryaer · efrayer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "effrayé" for "effrayer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "effrayé" vs "effrayer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"effrayé" and "effrayer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "effrayé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "effrayer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effrayé" and "effrayer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effrayé vs effréné". 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 #273,539 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.