Which to use
“effrayé” and “effrayés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,697
- “effrayé” frequency rank
- #26,344
- “effrayés” frequency rank
- 44041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effrayé | effrayés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est plein de frayeur. | Masculin pluriel de effrayé. |
Same sound, different letters: effrayé vs effrayés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. effrayé runs 7 letters (VCCCVVV) against effrayés's 8 (VCCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - effrayé / effrayés
This is the hard kind. effrayé and effrayés are pronounced identically (\e.fʁɛ.je\) 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) - “effrayé” sits inside “effrayés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44041, 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\. effrayés is at rank #26,344, tagged as anadj, 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 44041, this pair ranks #213,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of effrayé vs effrayés
Shared letters: aefryé. Private to "effrayé": -. Private to "effrayés": s.
"effrayé" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV · "effrayés" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "effrayé" and "effrayés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "effrayé" or "effrayés"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "effrayé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "effrayés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effrayé" and "effrayés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effrayé vs effréné". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #213,486 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.