Which to use
“effrayée” and “effrayés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,534
- “effrayée” frequency rank
- #26,344
- “effrayés” frequency rank
- 54878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effrayée | effrayés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de effrayé. | Masculin pluriel de effrayé. |
Same sound, different letters: effrayée vs effrayés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. effrayée (VCCCVVVV) and effrayés (VCCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: effrayée vs effrayés
This is the hard kind. effrayée 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 a single letter - e in “effrayée” becomes s in “effrayés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effrayée is recorded at frequency rank #28,534, 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 54878, this pair ranks #131,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of effrayée vs effrayés
Shared letters: aefryé. Private to "effrayée": -. Private to "effrayés": s.
"effrayée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVV · "effrayés" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "effrayée" for "effrayés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "effrayée" or "effrayés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "effrayée" / "effrayés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "effrayée" 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 #131,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effrayée" and "effrayés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effrayée vs effrénée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #131,076 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.