croyants

\kʁwa.jɑ̃\

/\kʁwa.jɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“croyants” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,852. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,852
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de croyant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-croyants · croyants · French

croyants · rank #10,852 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,852
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Crimée

Nearest frequency peer: Crimée (-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 « croyants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « croyants » 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).

croyants vs croyons
75% similar
croyants vs croyais
75% similar
croyants vs croyait
75% similar

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

Key facts for croyants
PropertyValue
Headwordcroyants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kʁwa.jɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,852
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « croyants »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.croyantsse 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 « Crimée » (#10,851), « créanciers » (#10,853), « coéquipier » (#10,850). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « croyants » est au #10,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around croyants (IPA \kʁwa.jɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,852 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de croyant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for croyants, with forms such as "ccroyants", "coryants", and "croaynts". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "croyons", "croyais", "croyait", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is croyants, spelled C-R-O-Y-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de croyant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sans doute cet éclairage inviterait-il des lecteurs croyants à se percevoir eux-mêmes comme théologalisés par leur écoute de la voix théologale du texte.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccroyants
  • coryants
  • croaynts
  • croyannts
  • croyanst
  • croyantss
  • croyantts
  • croyatns
  • croynats
  • croyyants
  • crroyants
  • cryoants
  • rcoyants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccroyants1coryants2croaynts2croyannts1croyanst2croyantss1croyantts1croyatns2
Edit distance from "croyants"

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 "croyants"?
"croyants" is spelled C-R-O-Y-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁwa.jɑ̃\.
What does "croyants" mean?
As an adjective, "croyants" means: Masculin pluriel de croyant.
What words are commonly confused with "croyants"?
"croyants" is commonly confused with "croyons", "croyais", "croyait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "croyants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "croyants" is \kʁwa.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "croyants" come from?
"croyants" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list