agitant

\a.ʒi.tɑ̃\

/\a.ʒi.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“agitant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,261. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,261
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-agitant · agitant · French

agitant · rank #32,261 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,261
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affirmative

Nearest frequency peer: affirmative (-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 « agitant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « agitant » 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).

agitant vs autant
71% similar
agitant vs aimant
71% similar
agitant vs aidant
71% similar

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

Key facts for agitant
PropertyValue
Headwordagitant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.ʒi.tɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,261
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « agitant »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « affirmative » (#32,260), « agronomique » (#32,262), « aequo » (#32,259). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « agitant » est au #32,261. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around agitant (IPA \a.ʒi.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,261 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui agite.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for agitant, with forms such as "aggitant", "agiatnt", and "agitannt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "autant", "aimant", "aidant", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is agitant, spelled A-G-I-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui agite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ces nouvelles sont singulièrement agitantes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aggitant
  • agiatnt
  • agitannt
  • agitantt
  • agitatn
  • agitnat
  • agittant
  • agtiant
  • aigtant
  • gaitant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of agitant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aggitant1agiatnt2agitannt1agitantt1agitatn2agitnat2agittant1agtiant2
Edit distance from "agitant"

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 "agitant"?
"agitant" is spelled A-G-I-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒi.tɑ̃\.
What does "agitant" mean?
As an adjective, "agitant" means: Qui agite.
What words are commonly confused with "agitant"?
"agitant" is commonly confused with "autant", "aimant", "aidant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "agitant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "agitant" is \a.ʒi.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "agitant" come from?
"agitant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aidants#32,263vivaces#32,234athénée#32,290trianon#32,227

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

allument10 variantsétonnera10 variantsveillant10 variantsbernois10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list