dissuadent
\di.sɥad\
The verdict
“dissuadent” is uncommon French (frequency #95,806 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,806
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dissuader.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dissuadent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \di.sɥad\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dissuadent” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dissuadent is uncommon French at frequency #95,806 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \di.sɥad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dissuadent has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dissuadent, spelled D-I-S-S-U-A-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dissuader.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de dissuader.
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 “dissuadent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-S-S-U-A-D-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \di.sɥad\ (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.