débordant
The verdict
“débordant” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #30,571 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #30,571
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Qui déborde, qui sort de ses limites habituelles ou obligées.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | débordant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “débordant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for débordant is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #30,571 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for débordant, with forms such as "dbéordant", "ddébordant", and "debordant". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dévorant", "débordent", "débordante", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is débordant, spelled D-É-B-O-R-D-A-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Qui déborde, qui sort de ses limites habituelles ou obligées.
- 2Dont le front dépasse en étendue la ligne ennemie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: dbéordant,ddébordant,debordant,débbordant,débodrant,déboradnt,débordannt,débordantt,débordatn,déborddant,débordnat,déborrdant,débrodant,déobrdant,édbordant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of débordant — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "débordant"
Frequency rank: #30,571 in French
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Using “débordant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-B-O-R-D-A-N-T — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “dévorant” — see the side-by-side comparison. débordant vs dévorant
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter D in our French index: