dormant

\dɔʁ.mɑ̃\

/\dɔʁ.mɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“dormant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,596
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui dort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dormant · dormant · French

dormant · rank #16,596 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,596
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH DL

Nearest frequency peer: DL (-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 « dormant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dormant » 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).

dormant vs durant
71% similar
dormant vs dotant
71% similar
dormant vs dorment
86% similar

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

Key facts for dormant
PropertyValue
Headworddormant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dɔʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,596
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dormant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dormantse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « DL » (#16,595), « Doubs » (#16,597), « diversion » (#16,594). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dormant » est au #16,596. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around dormant (IPA \dɔʁ.mɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,596 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dormant, with forms such as "ddormant", "domrant", and "doramnt". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "durant", "dotant", "dorment", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dormant, spelled D-O-R-M-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui dort.
  2. 2
    Consacré au sommeil.
  3. 3
    Se dit des choses qui sont de nature à se mouvoir, à être mues, et qui cependant restent arrêtées ou fixées en quelque endroit.
  4. 4
    Qui est caché, prêt à être révélé.
  5. 5
    Se dit d’un animal représenté dans une posture assoupie. À rapprocher de couché, embarroqué, en forme, en repos et gisant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Loin de ses nuits normandes, de ses nuits dormantes, il semble à Nanette que ses oreilles vont éclater.
  2. En comparaison, les bateaux de moins de 12 mètres pratiquant des arts dormants (comme la ligne, le filet ou le casier), qui représentent 73 % de la flotte française, ne sont responsables que de 14 % des émissions du secteur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddormant
  • domrant
  • doramnt
  • dormannt
  • dormantt
  • dormatn
  • dormmant
  • dormnat
  • dorrmant
  • dromant
  • odrmant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddormant1domrant2doramnt2dormannt1dormantt1dormatn2dormmant1dormnat2
Edit distance from "dormant"

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 "dormant"?
"dormant" is spelled D-O-R-M-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "dormant" mean?
As an adjective, "dormant" means: Qui dort.
What words are commonly confused with "dormant"?
"dormant" is commonly confused with "durant", "dotant", "dorment". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dormant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dormant" is \dɔʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dormant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

envoyait11 variantsconduira11 variantsforçant11 variantsfrappent11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list