débouchant

\de.bu.ʃɑ̃\

/\de.bu.ʃɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“débouchant” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,761
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-debouchant · débouchant · French

débouchant · rank #38,761 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #38,761
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH ducale

Nearest frequency peer: ducale (-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 « débouchant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « débouchant » 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).

débouchant vs débouchent
90% similar

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

Key facts for débouchant
PropertyValue
Headworddébouchant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.bu.ʃɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#38,761
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « débouchant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.débouchantse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ducale » (#38,760), « décompression » (#38,762), « dramas » (#38,759). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « débouchant » est au #38,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around débouchant (IPA \de.bu.ʃɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,761 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de déboucher.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for débouchant, with forms such as "dbéouchant", "ddébouchant", and "debouchant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "débouchent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is débouchant, spelled D-É-B-O-U-C-H-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de déboucher.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dbéouchant
  • ddébouchant
  • debouchant
  • débbouchant
  • débocuhant
  • déboucahnt
  • déboucchant
  • débouchannt
  • débouchantt
  • débouchatn
  • débouchhant
  • débouchnat
  • débouhcant
  • débuochant
  • déobuchant
  • édbouchant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dbéouchant2ddébouchant1debouchant1débbouchant1débocuhant2déboucahnt2déboucchant1débouchannt1
Edit distance from "débouchant"

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 "débouchant"?
"débouchant" is spelled D-É-B-O-U-C-H-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.bu.ʃɑ̃\.
What does "débouchant" mean?
As a verb, "débouchant" means: Participe présent de déboucher.
What words are commonly confused with "débouchant"?
"débouchant" is commonly confused with "débouchent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "débouchant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "débouchant" is \de.bu.ʃɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "débouchant" come from?
"débouchant" 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 "débouchant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déjections#38,766dirigeable#38,751endémiques#38,783existences#38,791

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

déconnectés16 variantsdeclaration16 variantsconnotations16 variantsconditionner16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list