condescendant
\kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“condescendant” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,240
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui montre de la condescendance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-condescendant · condescendant · French
condescendant · rank #37,240 · 21 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #37,240
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH comedy
Nearest frequency peer: comedy (-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 « condescendant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- colossales
colossales
62,764 corpus weight
- combattante
combattante
62,763 corpus weight
- comedy
comedy
62,762 corpus weight
- condescenda…
condescendant
62,761 corpus weight
- condom
condom
62,760 corpus weight
- confettis
confettis
62,759 corpus weight
What this shows « condescendant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | condescendant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #37,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « condescendant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around condescendant (IPA \kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,240 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui montre de la condescendance.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for condescendant, with forms such as "ccondescendant", "cnodescendant", and "codnescendant". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "condescendance", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is condescendant, spelled C-O-N-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui montre de la condescendance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how condescendant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La femme était poudrée, aimable par fonction, et maniérée par désir de sembler condescendante.
L’homme au vieux visage buriné et fier comme un bar-tabac me toisa avec un sourire condescendant
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccondescendant
- cnodescendant
- codnescendant
- conddescendant
- condecsendant
- condesccendant
- condescednant
- condescenadnt
- condescendannt
- condescendantt
- condescendatn
- condescenddant
- condescendnat
- condescenndant
- condescnedant
- condesecndant
- condesscendant
- condsecendant
- conedscendant
- conndescendant
- ocndescendant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of condescendant - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "condescendant", 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).