découvrant
\de.ku.vʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“découvrant” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,601
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe présent de découvrir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decouvrant · découvrant · French
découvrant · rank #16,601 · 16 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,601
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH dégagée
Nearest frequency peer: dégagée (+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 “découvrant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- drew
drew
83,403 corpus weight
- débutants
débutants
83,402 corpus weight
- découvrant
découvrant
83,400 corpus weight
- dégagée
dégagée
83,399 corpus weight
- dégueu
dégueu
83,398 corpus weight
- délinquant
délinquant
83,397 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “découvrant” 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 | découvrant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ku.vʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #16,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “découvrant” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around découvrant (IPA \de.ku.vʁɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,601 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de découvrir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for découvrant, with forms such as "dcéouvrant", "ddécouvrant", and "decouvrant". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "découvrit", "découvrent", "découvrons", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is découvrant, spelled D-É-C-O-U-V-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de découvrir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how découvrant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En découvrant le texte final, Robert Charlebois s’exclame: « Avec cette chanson, on a une chance d’atteindre Paris ! »
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dcéouvrant
- ddécouvrant
- decouvrant
- déccouvrant
- décourvant
- découvarnt
- découvrannt
- découvrantt
- découvratn
- découvrnat
- découvrrant
- découvvrant
- décovurant
- décuovrant
- déocuvrant
- édcouvrant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of découvrant - 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 "découvrant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 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.