correspondant
\kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“correspondant” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,602
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui correspond à quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-correspondant · correspondant · French
correspondant · rank #3,602 · 19 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,602
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contenant
Nearest frequency peer: contenant (-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 « correspondant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- conflits
conflits
96,402 corpus weight
- conséquent
conséquent
96,401 corpus weight
- contenant
contenant
96,400 corpus weight
- corresponda…
correspondant
96,399 corpus weight
- dates
dates
96,398 corpus weight
- Design
Design
96,397 corpus weight
What this shows « correspondant » 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 | correspondant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #3,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « correspondant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around correspondant (IPA \kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,602 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui correspond à quelque chose.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for correspondant, with forms such as "ccorrespondant", "corerspondant", and "corespondant". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "correspondent", "correspondants", "correspondante", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is correspondant, spelled C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui correspond à quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how correspondant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Angles correspondants. - Lignes correspondantes. - « Quant à la couleur bleue, je vous ferai parvenir l'échantillon correspondant. »
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccorrespondant
- corerspondant
- corespondant
- correpsondant
- corresopndant
- correspnodant
- correspodnant
- corresponadnt
- correspondannt
- correspondantt
- correspondatn
- corresponddant
- correspondnat
- corresponndant
- corresppondant
- corresspondant
- corrsepondant
- crorespondant
- ocrrespondant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of correspondant - 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.
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 "correspondant", 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 (19 here; floor ≥5).