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“effroyable” and “effroyables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,531
- “effroyable” frequency rank
- #46,738
- “effroyables” frequency rank
- 70269
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effroyable | effroyables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui cause de l’effroi. | Pluriel de effroyable. |
Where the eye mixes effroyable and effroyables
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: effroyable vs effroyables
A purely visual mix-up. effroyable (\ef.ʁwa.jabl\) and effroyables (\ɛ.fʁwa.jabl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “effroyable” sits inside “effroyables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effroyable is recorded at frequency rank #23,531, classified as anadj, pronounced \ef.ʁwa.jabl\. effroyables is at rank #46,738, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ.fʁwa.jabl\.
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 70269, this pair ranks #51,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of effroyable vs effroyables
Shared letters: abeflory. Private to "effroyable": -. Private to "effroyables": s.
"effroyable" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVVVCCV · "effroyables" · 11 letters · shape VCCCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- effroyable ← efforyable · effroayble · effroyabble · effroyabel · effroyablle · effroyalbe · effroybale · effroyyable
- effroyables ← efforyables · effroaybles · effroyabbles · effroyabels · effroyabless · effroyablles · effroyablse · effroyalbes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "effroyable" and "effroyables" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "effroyable" vs "effroyables" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "effroyable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "effroyables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,996 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #51,996 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.