dénigrant

adj

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The verdict

“dénigrant” is uncommon French (frequency #74,734 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,734
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui dénigre.

Key facts for dénigrant
PropertyValue
Headworddénigrant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,734
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dénigrant” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dénigrant lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dénigrant is uncommon French at frequency #74,734 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui dénigre.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for dénigrant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 dénigrant, spelled D-É-N-I-G-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui dénigre.

This word in other languages

erniedrigend(Deutsch)

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 "dénigrant"?
"dénigrant" is spelled D-É-N-I-G-R-A-N-T.
What does "dénigrant" mean?
As an adjective, "dénigrant" means: Qui dénigre.
What language does "dénigrant" come from?
"dénigrant" 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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Using “dénigrant”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-É-N-I-G-R-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list