craignant
\kʁɛ.ɲɑ̃\
The verdict
“craignant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,896. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,896
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de craindre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-craignant · craignant · French
craignant · rank #14,896 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,896
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH craque
Nearest frequency peer: craque (+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 « craignant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- coquin
coquin
85,109 corpus weight
- corresponda…
correspondances
85,108 corpus weight
- craignant
craignant
85,105 corpus weight
- craque
craque
85,104 corpus weight
- critiquent
critiquent
85,103 corpus weight
- cruellement
cruellement
85,102 corpus weight
What this shows « craignant » 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 | craignant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kʁɛ.ɲɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « craignant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around craignant (IPA \kʁɛ.ɲɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,896 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de craindre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for craignant, with forms such as "carignant", "ccraignant", and "craginant". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "craignent", "craignons", "craignait", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is craignant, spelled C-R-A-I-G-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de craindre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how craignant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les dernières semaines, quand elle se mit à grossir rapidement, elle se réjouit qu’André fût loin d’elle, craignant qu’il ne la trouvât enlaidie : l’ovale de son visage s’était empâté un peu, donnant une maturité plus chaude à sa beauté.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- carignant
- ccraignant
- craginant
- craigannt
- craiggnant
- craignannt
- craignantt
- craignatn
- craignnant
- craignnat
- craingant
- criagnant
- crraignant
- rcaignant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of craignant - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).