affligeant

\a.fli.ʒɑ̃\

/\a.fli.ʒɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“affligeant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,540
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-affligeant · affligeant · French

affligeant · rank #25,540 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,540
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agency

Nearest frequency peer: agency (+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 « affligeant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « affligeant » 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
Key facts for affligeant
PropertyValue
Headwordaffligeant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.fli.ʒɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,540
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « affligeant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).affligeantse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « agency » (#25,541), « agneaux » (#25,542), « abonde » (#25,537). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « affligeant » est au #25,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around affligeant (IPA \a.fli.ʒɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,540 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui afflige.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for affligeant, with forms such as "affilgeant", "afflgieant", and "affliegant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is affligeant, spelled A-F-F-L-I-G-E-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui afflige.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette réflexion, parce qu’elle me paraît naturelle et paraîtra telle à tous les plébéiens de l’armée, sera affligeante pour nos beaux Messieurs s’ils me lisent.
  2. […], j'ai entendu une voix féminine qui chantait d'une justesse plus qu'approximative, deux chansons d'une ringardise affligeante, à cent mille lieues de tes goûts musicaux.

This word in other languages

distressing(English)aflictivo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affilgeant
  • afflgieant
  • affliegant
  • affligaent
  • affligeannt
  • affligeantt
  • affligeatn
  • affligenat
  • affliggeant
  • afflligeant
  • aflfigeant
  • afligeant
  • fafligeant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of affligeant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

affilgeant2afflgieant2affliegant2affligaent2affligeannt1affligeantt1affligeatn2affligenat2
Edit distance from "affligeant"

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 "affligeant"?
"affligeant" is spelled A-F-F-L-I-G-E-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fli.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "affligeant" mean?
As an adjective, "affligeant" means: Qui afflige.
What are common misspellings of "affligeant"?
Common misspellings include "affilgeant", "afflgieant", "affliegant", "affligaent", "affligeannt". The correct spelling is "affligeant".
How do you pronounce "affligeant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affligeant" is \a.fli.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affligeant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

écrasant13 variantsboursière13 variantsThionville13 variantsbranchée13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list