chantant

adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,131

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

chantant is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui a des intonations mélodieuses, musicales. Often confused with contant and charmant.

Key facts for chantant
PropertyValue
Headwordchantant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,131
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chantant in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chantant is 8 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #13,131 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for chantant, with forms such as "cahntant", "cchantant", and "chanatnt". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "contant", "charmant", "chantent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is chantant, spelled C-H-A-N-T-A-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a des intonations mélodieuses, musicales.
  2. 2
    Qui se chante facilement.
  3. 3
    Qui est propre à être mis en chant.
  4. 4
    Qui manque de naturel, car les intonations se rapprochent du chant, en parlant d’une déclamation au théâtre.
  5. 5
    Où l’on chante, qui comporte des chansons, en parlant d’une manifestation.
  6. 6
    Se dit du coq qui est représenté le bec ouvert, la tête légèrement relevée comme s'il chantait.
  7. 7
    Qui caractérise l'accent du Midi de la France, notamment occitan, catalan et corse, pour un habitant de la moitié nord.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahntant,cchantant,chanatnt,channtant,chantannt,chantantt,chantatn,chantnat,chanttant,chatnant,chhantant,chnatant,hcantant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chantant

Misspelling Variants of "chantant"

cahntant8cchantant9chanatnt8channtant9chantannt9chantantt9chantatn8chantnat8
Misspelling Variants of "chantant"

Frequency rank: #13,131 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chantant"?
"chantant" is spelled C-H-A-N-T-A-N-T.
What does "chantant" mean?
As an adj, "chantant" means: Qui a des intonations mélodieuses, musicales.
What words are commonly confused with "chantant"?
"chantant" is commonly confused with "contant", "charmant", "chantent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "chantant" come from?
"chantant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.