caractérisent
\ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz\
The verdict
“caractérisent” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,893. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,893
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe caractériser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caracterisent · caractérisent · French
caractérisent · rank #17,893 · 21 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,893
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 257,141
- PHOTO-FINISH cal
Nearest frequency peer: cal (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “caractérisent”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bénévolat
bénévolat
82,111 corpus weight
- cadran
cadran
82,110 corpus weight
- cal
cal
82,109 corpus weight
- caractérise…
caractérisent
82,108 corpus weight
- carburants
carburants
82,107 corpus weight
- cass
cass
82,105 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “caractérisent” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caractérisent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #17,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caractérisent” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around caractérisent (IPA \ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,893 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for caractérisent, with forms such as "acractérisent", "caarctérisent", and "caracctérisent". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "caractériser", "caractérisés", "caractérise", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is caractérisent, spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-É-R-I-S-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe caractériser.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe caractériser.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acractérisent
- caarctérisent
- caracctérisent
- caracterisent
- caractréisent
- caracttérisent
- caractéirsent
- caractériesnt
- caractérisennt
- caractérisentt
- caractérisetn
- caractérisnet
- caractérissent
- caractérrisent
- caractérsient
- caracétrisent
- caratcérisent
- carcatérisent
- carractérisent
- ccaractérisent
- craactérisent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caractérisent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caractérisent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.