commentant

\kɔ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃\

/\kɔ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“commentant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,739
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de commenter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-commentant · commentant · French

commentant · rank #27,739 · 14 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,739
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commandait

Nearest frequency peer: commandait (-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 « commentant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « commentant » 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).

commentant vs commerçant
80% similar
commentant vs commettent
80% similar
commentant vs contentant
80% similar

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

Key facts for commentant
PropertyValue
Headwordcommentant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#27,739
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « commentant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).commentantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « commandait » (#27,738), « commémorative » (#27,740), « colères » (#27,737). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « commentant » est au #27,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around commentant (IPA \kɔ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,739 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de commenter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for commentant, with forms such as "ccommentant", "cmomentant", and "comemntant". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "commerçant", "commettent", "contentant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is commentant, spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de commenter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommentant
  • cmomentant
  • comemntant
  • comentant
  • commenatnt
  • commenntant
  • commentannt
  • commentantt
  • commentatn
  • commentnat
  • commenttant
  • commetnant
  • commnetant
  • ocmmentant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of commentant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccommentant1cmomentant2comemntant2comentant1commenatnt2commenntant1commentannt1commentantt1
Edit distance from "commentant"

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 "commentant"?
"commentant" is spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃\.
What does "commentant" mean?
As a verb, "commentant" means: Participe présent de commenter.
What words are commonly confused with "commentant"?
"commentant" is commonly confused with "commerçant", "commettent", "contentant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "commentant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "commentant" is \kɔ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "commentant" come from?
"commentant" 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 "commentant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

commandait#27,738complétées#27,741collisions#27,735conjecture#27,747

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

concordat14 variantscollectionne14 variantsconditionne14 variantsbordelaise14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list