désespérant
\de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\
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
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui jette dans le désespoir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désespérant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #28,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “désespérant” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around désespérant (IPA \de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,530 among 404,891 “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
- 1Qui jette dans le désespoir.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “désespérant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-S-E-S-P-É-R-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.