cessant

\sɛ.sɑ̃\

/\sɛ.sɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“cessant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,834
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cessant · cessant · French

cessant · rank #43,834 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,834
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cerceau

Nearest frequency peer: cerceau (-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 « cessant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cessant » 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).

cessant vs cessent
86% similar
cessant vs cessons
71% similar
cessant vs cuisant
71% similar

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

Key facts for cessant
PropertyValue
Headwordcessant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛ.sɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,834
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cessant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cessantse 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 « cerceau » (#43,833), « changeantes » (#43,835), « cendré » (#43,832). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cessant » est au #43,834. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cessant (IPA \sɛ.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,834 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui cesse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cessant, with forms such as "ccessant", "cesant", and "cesasnt". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cessent", "cessons", "cuisant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cessant, spelled C-E-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui cesse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Note : Il ne s’emploie guère que dans ces phrases :
  2. Tous empêchements cessants.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccessant
  • cesant
  • cesasnt
  • cessannt
  • cessantt
  • cessatn
  • cessnat
  • csesant
  • ecssant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cessant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccessant1cesant1cesasnt2cessannt1cessantt1cessatn2cessnat2csesant2
Edit distance from "cessant"

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 "cessant"?
"cessant" is spelled C-E-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ.sɑ̃\.
What does "cessant" mean?
As an adjective, "cessant" means: Qui cesse.
What words are commonly confused with "cessant"?
"cessant" is commonly confused with "cessent", "cessons", "cuisant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cessant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cessant" is \sɛ.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cessant" come from?
"cessant" 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 "cessant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cerceau#43,833chardin#43,836captage#43,828chéries#43,843

Similar misspelling depth

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

Clisson9 variantscolocs9 variantsbounty9 variantsbiaisée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list