blessant

\blɛ.sɑ̃\

/\blɛ.sɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“blessant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,413. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,413
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-blessant · blessant · French

blessant · rank #18,413 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,413
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bitume

Nearest frequency peer: bitume (-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 « blessant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blessant » 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).

blessant vs blessent
88% similar
blessant vs baissant
75% similar

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

Key facts for blessant
PropertyValue
Headwordblessant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\blɛ.sɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,413
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blessant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).blessantse 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 « bitume » (#18,412), « bluff » (#18,414), « bergers » (#18,411). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blessant » est au #18,413. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around blessant (IPA \blɛ.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,413 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui blesse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for blessant, with forms such as "bblessant", "belssant", and "blesant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "blessent", "baissant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 blessant, spelled B-L-E-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui blesse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un propos blessant.
  2. Des paroles blessantes.

Synonyms

offensant

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblessant
  • belssant
  • blesant
  • blesasnt
  • blessannt
  • blessantt
  • blessatn
  • blessnat
  • bllessant
  • blsesant
  • lbessant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bblessant1belssant2blesant1blesasnt2blessannt1blessantt1blessatn2blessnat2
Edit distance from "blessant"

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 "blessant"?
"blessant" is spelled B-L-E-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \blɛ.sɑ̃\.
What does "blessant" mean?
As an adjective, "blessant" means: Qui blesse.
What words are commonly confused with "blessant"?
"blessant" is commonly confused with "blessent", "baissant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blessant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blessant" is \blɛ.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blessant" come from?
"blessant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

basiques#18,407baignade#18,406brûlures#18,420caresses#18,427

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

bergers11 variantsapprenait11 variantsamnesty11 variantsallergies11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list