balayant

\ba.le.jɑ̃\

/\ba.le.jɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“balayant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,935. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,935
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent du verbe balayer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-balayant · balayant · French

balayant · rank #48,935 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,935
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH banals

Nearest frequency peer: banals (+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 « balayant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « balayant » 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).

balayant vs balayage
75% similar
balayant vs baladent
75% similar
balayant vs balançant
78% similar

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

Key facts for balayant
PropertyValue
Headwordbalayant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ba.le.jɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,935
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « balayant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.balayantse 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 « banals » (#48,936), « banyuls » (#48,937), « become » (#48,938). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « balayant » est au #48,935. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around balayant (IPA \ba.le.jɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,935 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent du verbe balayer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for balayant, with forms such as "ablayant", "baalyant", and "balaaynt". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "balayage", "baladent", "balançant", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is balayant, spelled B-A-L-A-Y-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent du verbe balayer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Trois jours durant, trois nuits d’horreur, la mer franchit les digues, effondra la falaise, balayant tout dans son irrésistible furie, éventrant les champs saccagés, renversant les chaumières et laissant sur le rivage, lorsqu’elle s’apaisa, un monstre comme seul en peut produire l’Enfer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ablayant
  • baalyant
  • balaaynt
  • balayannt
  • balayantt
  • balayatn
  • balaynat
  • balayyant
  • ballayant
  • balyaant
  • bbalayant
  • blaayant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ablayant2baalyant2balaaynt2balayannt1balayantt1balayatn2balaynat2balayyant1
Edit distance from "balayant"

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 "balayant"?
"balayant" is spelled B-A-L-A-Y-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ba.le.jɑ̃\.
What does "balayant" mean?
As a verb, "balayant" means: Participe présent du verbe balayer.
What words are commonly confused with "balayant"?
"balayant" is commonly confused with "balayage", "baladent", "balançant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "balayant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balayant" is \ba.le.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balayant" come from?
"balayant" 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 "balayant", 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