blessent

\blɛs\

/\blɛs\/ verb

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The verdict

“blessent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,491. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,491
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe blesser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blessent · blessent · French

blessent · rank #30,491 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,491
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH birthday

Nearest frequency peer: birthday (-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 « blessent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « blessent » 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).

blessent vs blesser
75% similar
blessent vs bossent
75% similar
blessent vs blessé
63% similar

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

Key facts for blessent
PropertyValue
Headwordblessent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\blɛs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,491
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « blessent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.blessentse 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 « birthday » (#30,490), « Bogota » (#30,492), « Bilal » (#30,489). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blessent » est au #30,491. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around blessent (IPA \blɛs\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,491 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for blessent, with forms such as "bblessent", "belssent", and "blesent". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "blesser", "bossent", "blessé", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is blessent, spelled B-L-E-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe blesser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe blesser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblessent
  • belssent
  • blesent
  • blesesnt
  • blessennt
  • blessentt
  • blessetn
  • blessnet
  • bllessent
  • blsesent
  • lbessent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bblessent1belssent2blesent1blesesnt2blessennt1blessentt1blessetn2blessnet2
Edit distance from "blessent"

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 "blessent"?
"blessent" is spelled B-L-E-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \blɛs\.
What does "blessent" mean?
As a verb, "blessent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe blesser.
What words are commonly confused with "blessent"?
"blessent" is commonly confused with "blesser", "bossent", "blessé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blessent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blessent" is \blɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blessent" come from?
"blessent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

birthday#30,490bienfait#30,488Briançon#30,495bricoler#30,496

Similar misspelling depth

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

barricade11 variantsattendrai11 variantsarbitrer11 variantschantes11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list