alarmant

\a.laʁ.mɑ̃\

/\a.laʁ.mɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“alarmant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,849. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,849
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-alarmant · alarmant · French

alarmant · rank #24,849 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,849
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aida

Nearest frequency peer: aida (-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 « alarmant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « alarmant » 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).

alarmant vs alarmante
89% similar

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

Key facts for alarmant
PropertyValue
Headwordalarmant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.laʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,849
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alarmant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).alarmantse 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 « aida » (#24,848), « aha » (#24,847), « allègrement » (#24,851). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alarmant » est au #24,849. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around alarmant (IPA \a.laʁ.mɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,849 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui alarme, inquiétant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for alarmant, with forms such as "aalrmant", "alamrant", and "alaramnt". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alarmante", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is alarmant, spelled A-L-A-R-M-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui alarme, inquiétant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avant de le quitter, le capitaine Romiati alla explorer les campagnes environnantes et ne découvrit rien d’alarmant.
  2. L’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) a récemment dévoilé une statistique alarmante selon laquelle cinq millions de décès pourraient être évités annuellement si la population mondiale était plus active.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aalrmant
  • alamrant
  • alaramnt
  • alarmannt
  • alarmantt
  • alarmatn
  • alarmmant
  • alarmnat
  • alarrmant
  • allarmant
  • alramant
  • laarmant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alarmant - 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.

aalrmant2alamrant2alaramnt2alarmannt1alarmantt1alarmatn2alarmmant1alarmnat2
Edit distance from "alarmant"

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 "alarmant"?
"alarmant" is spelled A-L-A-R-M-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.laʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "alarmant" mean?
As an adjective, "alarmant" means: Qui alarme, inquiétant.
What words are commonly confused with "alarmant"?
"alarmant" is commonly confused with "alarmante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alarmant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alarmant" is \a.laʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alarmant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list