délirant

\de.li.ʁɑ̃\

/\de.li.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“délirant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,192
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui présente les caractères du délire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-delirant · délirant · French

délirant · rank #24,192 · 13 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,192
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déficitaire

Nearest frequency peer: déficitaire (-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 « délirant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « délirant » 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).

délirant vs désirent
75% similar
délirant vs désirant
88% similar
délirant vs désirait
75% similar

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

Key facts for délirant
PropertyValue
Headworddélirant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.li.ʁɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,192
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « délirant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).délirantse 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 « déficitaire » (#24,191), « déléguer » (#24,193), « dédie » (#24,190). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « délirant » est au #24,192. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around délirant (IPA \de.li.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,192 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for délirant, with forms such as "ddélirant", "delirant", and "dléirant". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "désirent", "désirant", "désirait", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is délirant, spelled D-É-L-I-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui présente les caractères du délire.
  2. 2
    Qui est en proie au délire.
  3. 3
    Qui provoque une vive impression à l'esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how délirant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les flagorneries dédicatoires des écrivains louis-quatorziens aplatis sur les marches du trône paraissent aujourd'hui si délirantes, que nous nous interrogeons sur leur sincérité, voire leur lucidité.
  2. Un tapissier… Ce n’est pas la peine de s’imaginer des scénarios tordus délirants avec des gendarmes ultra-sexys faisant une haie d’honneur, me présentant un homme torse nu en salopette sur un escabeau avec son couteau à maroufler dans la main droite et une rose entre les dents.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddélirant
  • delirant
  • dléirant
  • déilrant
  • déliarnt
  • délirannt
  • délirantt
  • déliratn
  • délirnat
  • délirrant
  • déllirant
  • délriant
  • édlirant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of délirant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddélirant1delirant1dléirant2déilrant2déliarnt2délirannt1délirantt1déliratn2
Edit distance from "délirant"

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 "délirant"?
"délirant" is spelled D-É-L-I-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.li.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "délirant" mean?
As an adjective, "délirant" means: Qui présente les caractères du délire.
What words are commonly confused with "délirant"?
"délirant" is commonly confused with "désirent", "désirant", "désirait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "délirant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délirant" is \de.li.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "délirant" come from?
"délirant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "délirant", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list