dessinant

\de.si.nɑ̃\

/\de.si.nɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“dessinant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,057
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de dessiner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dessinant · dessinant · French

dessinant · rank #34,057 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,057
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH denier

Nearest frequency peer: denier (-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 « dessinant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dessinant » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dessinant vs dessinent
89% similar
dessinant vs dessina
78% similar
dessinant vs désirant
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dessinant
PropertyValue
Headworddessinant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.si.nɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#34,057
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dessinant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dessinantse 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 « denier » (#34,056), « Deneuve » (#34,055), « digère » (#34,059). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dessinant » est au #34,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around dessinant (IPA \de.si.nɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,057 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de dessiner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dessinant, with forms such as "ddessinant", "desinant", and "desisnant". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "dessinent", "dessina", "désirant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dessinant, spelled D-E-S-S-I-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de dessiner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le vent soufflant sur la poudre lui avait copieusement enfariné le buste et le visage, dessinant un masque de guerre papouasien grandissant exagérément ses yeux lumineux comme des bornes de flipper.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddessinant
  • desinant
  • desisnant
  • dessiannt
  • dessinannt
  • dessinantt
  • dessinatn
  • dessinnant
  • dessinnat
  • dessniant
  • dsesinant
  • edssinant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddessinant1desinant1desisnant2dessiannt2dessinannt1dessinantt1dessinatn2dessinnant1
Edit distance from "dessinant"

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 "dessinant"?
"dessinant" is spelled D-E-S-S-I-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.si.nɑ̃\.
What does "dessinant" mean?
As a verb, "dessinant" means: Participe présent de dessiner.
What words are commonly confused with "dessinant"?
"dessinant" is commonly confused with "dessinent", "dessina", "désirant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dessinant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dessinant" is \de.si.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dessinant" come from?
"dessinant" 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 "dessinant", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list