désignant
\de.zi.ɲɑ̃\
The verdict
“désignant” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,254
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de désigner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-designant · désignant · French
désignant · rank #14,254 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,254
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH désactiver
Nearest frequency peer: désactiver (-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 “désignant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- délibération
délibération
85,751 corpus weight
- déplacent
déplacent
85,750 corpus weight
- désactiver
désactiver
85,748 corpus weight
- désignant
désignant
85,747 corpus weight
- echo
echo
85,745 corpus weight
- enchaîner
enchaîner
85,744 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “désignant” 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 | désignant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.zi.ɲɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “désignant” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around désignant (IPA \de.zi.ɲɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,254 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de désigner.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for désignant, with forms such as "ddésignant", "designant", and "dséignant". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "désirant", "désignent", "dessinant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 désignant, spelled D-É-S-I-G-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de désigner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désignant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En effet, si tous les qualificatifs désignant les élus dans la doctrine jésuite sont également présents dans la doctrine janséniste, tous les qualificatifs par lesquels les jansénistes caractérisent les élus ne se trouvent pas dans la doctrine jésuite.
Voici : de jeunes silhouettes minces — françaises, Courrèges — aux croisées, se désignant un relief qu’elles ont suscité derrière les faubourgs du sud-est, s’écrient : « Piero della Francesca ! » en martelant la dernière syllabe. Débâtardisé, Piero.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddésignant
- designant
- dséignant
- déisgnant
- désginant
- désigannt
- désiggnant
- désignannt
- désignantt
- désignatn
- désignnant
- désignnat
- désingant
- déssignant
- édsignant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of désignant - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "désignant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "désignant". Here's where to go from here.
- "désignant" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "désirant". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #14,254 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.