buvant

\by.vɑ̃\

/\by.vɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“buvant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,464. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,464
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-buvant · buvant · French

buvant · rank #19,464 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,464
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH Briand

Nearest frequency peer: Briand (-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 « buvant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « buvant » 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).

buvant vs béant
67% similar
buvant vs busan
67% similar
buvant vs basant
67% similar

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

Key facts for buvant
PropertyValue
Headwordbuvant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\by.vɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,464
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « buvant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).buvantse 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 « Briand » (#19,463), « bâtards » (#19,465), « Brett » (#19,462). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buvant » est au #19,464. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around buvant (IPA \by.vɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,464 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui boit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for buvant, with forms such as "bbuvant", "buavnt", and "buvannt". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "béant", "busan", "basant", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is buvant, spelled B-U-V-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui boit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. [Béranger] a le goût très-prononcé de l’amitié buvante et chantante, de la sodalité.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbuvant
  • buavnt
  • buvannt
  • buvantt
  • buvatn
  • buvnat
  • buvvant
  • bvuant
  • ubvant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

bbuvant1buavnt2buvannt1buvantt1buvatn2buvnat2buvvant1bvuant2
Edit distance from "buvant"

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 "buvant"?
"buvant" is spelled B-U-V-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \by.vɑ̃\.
What does "buvant" mean?
As an adjective, "buvant" means: Qui boit.
What words are commonly confused with "buvant"?
"buvant" is commonly confused with "béant", "busan", "basant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buvant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buvant" is \by.vɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buvant" come from?
"buvant" 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 "buvant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Briand#19,463bovins#19,460Carnot#19,470blogue#19,457

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

bâtisse9 variantscitons9 variantsallumage9 variantsdotées9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list