absorbant

\ap.sɔʁ.bɑ̃\

/\ap.sɔʁ.bɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“absorbant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,428
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui absorbe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-absorbant · absorbant · French

absorbant · rank #28,428 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,428
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accordait

Nearest frequency peer: accordait (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « absorbant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « absorbant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

absorbant vs absorbent
89% similar
absorbant vs abordant
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for absorbant
PropertyValue
Headwordabsorbant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ap.sɔʁ.bɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,428
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « absorbant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).absorbantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « accordait » (#28,429), « Abdelkader » (#28,426), « accréditation » (#28,430). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « absorbant » est au #28,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around absorbant (IPA \ap.sɔʁ.bɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,428 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for absorbant, with forms such as "abbsorbant", "abosrbant", and "absobrant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "absorbent", "abordant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is absorbant, spelled A-B-S-O-R-B-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui absorbe.
  2. 2
    Se dit des substances et des préparations médicinales ayant la propriété d’absorber les acides qui se développent spontanément dans l’estomac. Médicaments servant à absorber les liquides et les gaz.
  3. 3
    Qui s’empare de l’esprit, qui l’occupe tout entier.
  4. 4
    Qui est absorbé.
  5. 5
    Qualifie une personne désireuse avant tout de faire connaître ses idées.
  6. 6
    Qualifie un sous-graphe orienté pour lequel il n’existe aucun arc de son graphe qui ne lui soit pas un arc incident vers l’intérieur.
  7. 7
    Se dit d’un élément d’un ensemble qui, pour une loi de composition interne donnée, transforme tous les autres éléments en lui-même lorsqu’il est combiné avec eux par cette loi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how absorbant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une terre absorbante.
  2. Des sables absorbants.

Antonyms

hydrofugeimperméable

This word in other languages

absorbent(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbsorbant
  • abosrbant
  • absobrant
  • absorabnt
  • absorbannt
  • absorbantt
  • absorbatn
  • absorbbant
  • absorbnat
  • absorrbant
  • absrobant
  • abssorbant
  • asborbant
  • basorbant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of absorbant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abbsorbant1abosrbant2absobrant2absorabnt2absorbannt1absorbantt1absorbatn2absorbbant1
Edit distance from "absorbant"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "absorbant"?
"absorbant" is spelled A-B-S-O-R-B-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ap.sɔʁ.bɑ̃\.
What does "absorbant" mean?
As an adjective, "absorbant" means: Qui absorbe.
What words are commonly confused with "absorbant"?
"absorbant" is commonly confused with "absorbent", "abordant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "absorbant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absorbant" is \ap.sɔʁ.bɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absorbant" come from?
"absorbant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "absorbant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

accordait#28,429étonnants#28,422approchée#28,447Weinstein#28,409

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

apporterait14 variantsassociatifs14 variantstriptyque14 variantstributaire14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list