clignotent
\kli.ɲɔt\
The verdict
“clignotent” is uncommon French (frequency #71,356 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,356
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe clignoter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clignotent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kli.ɲɔt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clignotent” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clignotent is uncommon French at frequency #71,356 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kli.ɲɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for clignotent in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 clignotent, spelled C-L-I-G-N-O-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe clignoter.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe clignoter.
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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Using “clignotent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-I-G-N-O-T-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kli.ɲɔt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.