cumulant
\ky.my.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“cumulant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,209
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui cumule les mandats.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cumulant · cumulant · French
cumulant · rank #41,209 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,209
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH curateur
Nearest frequency peer: curateur (+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 « cumulant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- CRC
CRC
58,796 corpus weight
- criss
criss
58,794 corpus weight
- cumulant
cumulant
58,792 corpus weight
- curateur
curateur
58,791 corpus weight
- curcuma
curcuma
58,790 corpus weight
- cèdres
cèdres
58,789 corpus weight
What this shows « cumulant » 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 | cumulant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.my.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cumulant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cumulant (IPA \ky.my.lɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,209 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cumulant, with forms such as "ccumulant", "cmuulant", and "cumluant". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cumulent", "coulant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cumulant, spelled C-U-M-U-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Celui qui cumule les mandats.
- 2Mesure statistique utilisée pour caractériser la distribution d'une variable aléatoire. Les cumulants fournissent des informations sur la tendance centrale et la dispersion d'une distribution, et peuvent être utilisés pour calculer les moments de la distribution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cumulant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On retrouve souvent les cumulants à la tête des systèmes de parrainage locaux pour la sélection et le financement des candidatures municipales, cantonales et parlementaires.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccumulant
- cmuulant
- cumluant
- cummulant
- cumualnt
- cumulannt
- cumulantt
- cumulatn
- cumullant
- cumulnat
- cuumlant
- ucmulant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cumulant - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "cumulant"?
What does "cumulant" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "cumulant"?
How do you pronounce "cumulant"?
What language does "cumulant" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cumulant", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).