dépendants
\de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“dépendants” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,524. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,524
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de dépendant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dependants · dépendants · French
dépendants · rank #19,524 · 17 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,524
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH démocratisati…
Nearest frequency peer: démocratisation (-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 “dépendants”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- défavorisés
défavorisés
80,480 corpus weight
- démocraties
démocraties
80,479 corpus weight
- démocratisa…
démocratisation
80,478 corpus weight
- dépendants
dépendants
80,477 corpus weight
- désirée
désirée
80,476 corpus weight
- détendu
détendu
80,474 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dépendants” 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 | dépendants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “dépendants” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around dépendants (IPA \de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,524 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de dépendant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for dépendants, with forms such as "ddépendants", "dependants", and "dpéendants". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "dépensant", "descendants", "dépendant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 dépendants, spelled D-É-P-E-N-D-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de dépendant.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddépendants
- dependants
- dpéendants
- déepndants
- dépednants
- dépenadnts
- dépendannts
- dépendanst
- dépendantss
- dépendantts
- dépendatns
- dépenddants
- dépendnats
- dépenndants
- dépnedants
- déppendants
- édpendants
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dépendants - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dépendants", 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 (17 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "dépendants". Here's where to go from here.
- "dépendants" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "dépensant". View pair
- 17 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #19,524 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.