croyant

\kʁwa.jɑ̃\

/\kʁwa.jɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“croyant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,294
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui croit ce que sa religion enseigne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-croyant · croyant · French

croyant · rank #7,294 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,294
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH constructeurs

Nearest frequency peer: constructeurs (-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 « croyant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « croyant » 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).

croyant vs croyons
71% similar
croyant vs croyants
88% similar
croyant vs croyante
88% similar

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

Key facts for croyant
PropertyValue
Headwordcroyant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kʁwa.jɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,294
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « croyant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).croyantse 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 « constructeurs » (#7,293), « créent » (#7,295), « conducteurs » (#7,292). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « croyant » est au #7,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around croyant (IPA \kʁwa.jɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,294 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui croit ce que sa religion enseigne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for croyant, with forms such as "ccroyant", "coryant", and "croaynt". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "croyons", "croyants", "croyante", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is croyant, spelled C-R-O-Y-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui croit ce que sa religion enseigne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Échappé comme par miracle à un grand danger, il fit vœu de quitter le monde et se retira à la Trappe. L'abbé de Rancé, sur lequel Chateaubriand a écrit son dernier livre, le renvoya, comme peu croyant.
  2. Nous sommes en chemin vers une affirmation paradoxale : plus je suis croyant, moins je devrais le montrer. La laïcité est anticléricale et non antireligieuse, comme l’actera la loi de décembre 1905.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccroyant
  • coryant
  • croaynt
  • croyannt
  • croyantt
  • croyatn
  • croynat
  • croyyant
  • crroyant
  • cryoant
  • rcoyant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of croyant - 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.

ccroyant1coryant2croaynt2croyannt1croyantt1croyatn2croynat2croyyant1
Edit distance from "croyant"

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 "croyant"?
"croyant" is spelled C-R-O-Y-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁwa.jɑ̃\.
What does "croyant" mean?
As an adjective, "croyant" means: Qui croit ce que sa religion enseigne.
What words are commonly confused with "croyant"?
"croyant" is commonly confused with "croyons", "croyants", "croyante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croyant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croyant" is \kʁwa.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croyant" come from?
"croyant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list