campant
\kɑ̃.pɑ̃\
The verdict
“campant” is uncommon French (frequency #90,506 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,506
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui campe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-campant · campant · French
campant · rank #90,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,506
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Canidé
Nearest frequency peer: Canidé (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « campant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cabestany
Cabestany
9,499 corpus weight
- Caliban
Caliban
9,497 corpus weight
- campant
campant
9,495 corpus weight
- Canidé
Canidé
9,494 corpus weight
- cantonnier
cantonnier
9,493 corpus weight
- capitalisés
capitalisés
9,492 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « campant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | campant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.pɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #90,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « campant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
campant is uncommon French at frequency #90,506 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɑ̃.pɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui campe.".
No misspelling variants are generated for campant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is campant, spelled C-A-M-P-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui campe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how campant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bientôt, les grands anthropoïdes campants et pique-niquants pourraient déambuler dans les campagnes avec leurs images chantantes et gigotantes.
Le premier inventeur & la premiere invention en grand, à qui Dieu & Moise paroissent donner la préférence, comme la primauté, fut Jabel, & la vie champêtre & errante sous des tentes, vie pastorale ou simplement campante ou campagnarde : Genuitque Adam Jabel, qui fuit Pater habitantium in tentoriis, atque Pastorum.
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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