apparent
\a.pa.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“apparent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,545. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,545
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est visible, évident, manifeste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apparent · apparent · French
apparent · rank #16,545 · 10 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,545
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amère
Nearest frequency peer: amère (-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 « apparent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Ambroise
Ambroise
83,459 corpus weight
- Amir
Amir
83,458 corpus weight
- amère
amère
83,457 corpus weight
- apparent
apparent
83,456 corpus weight
- apprit
apprit
83,455 corpus weight
- artisanale
artisanale
83,453 corpus weight
What this shows « apparent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apparent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.pa.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apparent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around apparent (IPA \a.pa.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,545 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for apparent, with forms such as "apaprent", "aparent", and "appaernt". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "appart", "apprend", "apparut", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is apparent, spelled A-P-P-A-R-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est visible, évident, manifeste.
- 2Qui n’est pas tel qu’il paraît être.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how apparent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Se placer à l’endroit le plus apparent.
Il y a des procédés pour rendre plus apparente l’écriture des vieux manuscrits.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apaprent
- aparent
- appaernt
- apparennt
- apparentt
- apparetn
- apparnet
- apparrent
- appraent
- paparent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apparent - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apparent", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).