désespérant

\de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\

/\de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“désespérant” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,530. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,530
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui jette dans le désespoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desesperant · désespérant · French

désespérant · rank #28,530 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,530
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH désagréments

Nearest frequency peer: désagréments (-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 « désespérant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « désespérant » 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
Key facts for désespérant
PropertyValue
Headworddésespérant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#28,530
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « désespérant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.désespérantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « désagréments » (#28,529), « déterminera » (#28,531), « Eastwood » (#28,532). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « désespérant » est au #28,530. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around désespérant (IPA \de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,530 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui jette dans le désespoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for désespérant, with forms such as "ddésespérant", "desesperant", and "dséespérant". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is désespérant, spelled D-É-S-E-S-P-É-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui jette dans le désespoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le boîtier ouvert lui avait livré l’état désespérant d'un mécanisme hors d'usage : rouages encrassés, ressort cassé, cette montre était morte, non de maladie mais de vieillesse.

This word in other languages

desesperante(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddésespérant
  • desesperant
  • dséespérant
  • déesspérant
  • désepsérant
  • désesppérant
  • désespréant
  • désespéarnt
  • désespérannt
  • désespérantt
  • désespératn
  • désespérnat
  • désespérrant
  • désesspérant
  • déseséprant
  • déssepérant
  • déssespérant
  • édsespérant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of désespérant - 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.

ddésespérant1desesperant2dséespérant2déesspérant2désepsérant2désesppérant1désespréant2désespéarnt2
Edit distance from "désespérant"

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 "désespérant"?
"désespérant" is spelled D-É-S-E-S-P-É-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "désespérant" mean?
As an adjective, "désespérant" means: Qui jette dans le désespoir.
What are common misspellings of "désespérant"?
Common misspellings include "ddésespérant", "desesperant", "dséespérant", "déesspérant", "désepsérant". The correct spelling is "désespérant".
How do you pronounce "désespérant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désespérant" is \de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désespérant" come from?
"désespérant" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "désespérant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déterminera#28,531embrouiller#28,537enlèvements#28,540crémaillère#28,507

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

différentielle18 variantsexpérimentée18 variantscinémathèque18 variantsindifférents18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list