discriminant

\dis.kʁi.mi.nɑ̃\

/\dis.kʁi.mi.nɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“discriminant” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,285
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Notion algébrique intervenant dans la résolution d’une équation du second degré, plus connue sous le nom de delta (Δ).

Corpus desk

Index FR-discriminant · discriminant · French

discriminant · rank #47,285 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,285
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diminuerait

Nearest frequency peer: diminuerait (-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 « discriminant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « discriminant » 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 discriminant
PropertyValue
Headworddiscriminant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dis.kʁi.mi.nɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#47,285
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « discriminant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).discriminantse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « diminuerait » (#47,284), « discriminer » (#47,286), « dilemmes » (#47,283). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « discriminant » est au #47,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around discriminant (IPA \dis.kʁi.mi.nɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,285 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for discriminant, with forms such as "ddiscriminant", "dicsriminant", and "disccriminant". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is discriminant, spelled D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Notion algébrique intervenant dans la résolution d’une équation du second degré, plus connue sous le nom de delta (Δ).
  2. 2
    Outil permettant de déterminer si les racines d’un polynôme de degré supérieur à 2 sont multiples.
  3. 3
    Déterminant d’une certaine matrice carrée associée à un polynôme.
  4. 4
    Champ délimité par une paire de parenthèses situé entre un article et son mot réservé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le discriminant de f est le nombre réel Δ défini par Δ = b² - 4 ⁢ac .
  2. Le discriminant de cette équation (de degré 3) est ∆ = 4p³ + 27q².

Synonyms

réalisantdéterminant

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiscriminant
  • dicsriminant
  • disccriminant
  • discirminant
  • discriimnant
  • discrimiannt
  • discriminannt
  • discriminantt
  • discriminatn
  • discriminnant
  • discriminnat
  • discrimminant
  • discrimniant
  • discrmiinant
  • discrriminant
  • disrciminant
  • disscriminant
  • dsicriminant
  • idscriminant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddiscriminant1dicsriminant2disccriminant1discirminant2discriimnant2discrimiannt2discriminannt1discriminantt1
Edit distance from "discriminant"

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 "discriminant"?
"discriminant" is spelled D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.kʁi.mi.nɑ̃\.
What does "discriminant" mean?
As a noun, "discriminant" means: Notion algébrique intervenant dans la résolution d’une équation du second degré, plus connue sous le nom de delta (Δ).
What are common misspellings of "discriminant"?
Common misspellings include "ddiscriminant", "dicsriminant", "disccriminant", "discirminant", "discriimnant". The correct spelling is "discriminant".
How do you pronounce "discriminant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "discriminant" is \dis.kʁi.mi.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "discriminant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

croustillants19 variantsindividualisé19 variantsautonomisation19 variantsmatrimoniales19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list