dépensant
\de.pɑ̃.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“dépensant” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,470. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,470
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe présent de dépenser.
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 | dépensant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.pɑ̃.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dépensant” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around dépensant (IPA \de.pɑ̃.sɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,470 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de dépenser.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for dépensant, with forms such as "ddépensant", "depensant", and "dpéensant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "devenant", "déposant", "détenant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 dépensant, spelled D-É-P-E-N-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de dépenser.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddépensant
- depensant
- dpéensant
- déepnsant
- dépenasnt
- dépennsant
- dépensannt
- dépensantt
- dépensatn
- dépensnat
- dépenssant
- dépesnant
- dépnesant
- déppensant
- édpensant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dépensant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “dépensant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-P-E-N-S-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.pɑ̃.sɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “devenant” - see the side-by-side comparison. dépensant vs devenant
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.