débutant
\de.by.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“débutant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,861
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui débute.
Corpus desk
Index FR-debutant · débutant · French
débutant · rank #10,861 · 13 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,861
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH drones
Nearest frequency peer: drones (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “débutant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- distributeu…
distributeurs
89,143 corpus weight
- douanes
douanes
89,142 corpus weight
- drones
drones
89,141 corpus weight
- débutant
débutant
89,140 corpus weight
- déroulée
déroulée
89,139 corpus weight
- détester
détester
89,138 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “débutant” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | débutant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.by.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “débutant” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around débutant (IPA \de.by.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,861 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui débute.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for débutant, with forms such as "dbéutant", "ddébutant", and "debutant". 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, "doutant", "débutent", "débutants", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is débutant, spelled D-É-B-U-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui débute.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dbéutant
- ddébutant
- debutant
- débbutant
- débtuant
- débuatnt
- débutannt
- débutantt
- débutatn
- débutnat
- débuttant
- déubtant
- édbutant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of débutant - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "débutant", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.