creusant

\kʁø.zɑ̃\

/\kʁø.zɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“creusant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,118. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,118
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-creusant · creusant · French

creusant · rank #30,118 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,118
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crachent

Nearest frequency peer: crachent (-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 « creusant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « creusant » 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).

creusant vs creuset
75% similar
creusant vs creusot
75% similar
creusant vs croisant
75% similar

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

Key facts for creusant
PropertyValue
Headwordcreusant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁø.zɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,118
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « creusant »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « crachent » (#30,117), « cultivateur » (#30,119), « courageusement » (#30,116). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « creusant » est au #30,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around creusant (IPA \kʁø.zɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,118 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de creuser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for creusant, with forms such as "ccreusant", "cerusant", and "cresuant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "creuset", "creusot", "croisant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is creusant, spelled C-R-E-U-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de creuser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how creusant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les nuits stéphanoises, et les clairs obscurs “caravagent” le discours, l'adossant à de faux reliefs, creusant les expressions.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccreusant
  • cerusant
  • cresuant
  • creuasnt
  • creusannt
  • creusantt
  • creusatn
  • creusnat
  • creussant
  • crreusant
  • cruesant
  • rceusant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of creusant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccreusant1cerusant2cresuant2creuasnt2creusannt1creusantt1creusatn2creusnat2
Edit distance from "creusant"

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 "creusant"?
"creusant" is spelled C-R-E-U-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁø.zɑ̃\.
What does "creusant" mean?
As a verb, "creusant" means: Participe présent de creuser.
What words are commonly confused with "creusant"?
"creusant" is commonly confused with "creuset", "creusot", "croisant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "creusant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "creusant" is \kʁø.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "creusant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "creusant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crachent#30,117cosaques#30,115Delaunay#30,124continus#30,110

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

consacra12 variantsdivisant12 variantsdonnerons12 variantsconcourt12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list