continuant
\kɔ̃.ti.nɥɑ̃\
The verdict
“continuant” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,847. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,847
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de continuer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-continuant · continuant · French
continuant · rank #10,847 · 15 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,847
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH compliment
Nearest frequency peer: compliment (-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 « continuant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- combustion
combustion
89,157 corpus weight
- complicatio…
complications
89,156 corpus weight
- compliment
compliment
89,155 corpus weight
- continuant
continuant
89,154 corpus weight
- continues
continues
89,153 corpus weight
- coutumes
coutumes
89,152 corpus weight
What this shows « continuant » 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 | continuant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ti.nɥɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #10,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « continuant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around continuant (IPA \kɔ̃.ti.nɥɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,847 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de continuer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for continuant, with forms such as "ccontinuant", "cnotinuant", and "conitnuant". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "continuent", "continuons", "contribuant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is continuant, spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de continuer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how continuant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment se fait-il que l’Alhambra de nougat conserve intactes ses délicates aiguilles et ne tombe pas en ruines, que la compote soit assez patiente pour ne pas s’évader à travers les barreaux de pâte de la tarte, que le saint-honoré tremblant et mollasse ne devienne pas une informe bouillie semblable à de la neige longtemps piétinée, que le godiveau, cont…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontinuant
- cnotinuant
- conitnuant
- conntinuant
- continaunt
- continnuant
- continuannt
- continuantt
- continuatn
- continunat
- contiunant
- contniuant
- conttinuant
- cotninuant
- ocntinuant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of continuant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).