éclairant

\e.klɛ.ʁɑ̃\

/\e.klɛ.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“éclairant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,437. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,437
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la propriété d’éclairer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eclairant · éclairant · French

éclairant · rank #30,437 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,437
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écartement

Nearest frequency peer: écartement (-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 « éclairant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « éclairant » 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).

éclairant vs éclatant
78% similar
éclairant vs éclairent
89% similar
éclairant vs éclaircit
78% similar

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

Key facts for éclairant
PropertyValue
Headwordéclairant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.klɛ.ʁɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,437
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éclairant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).éclairantse 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 « écartement » (#30,436), « écluses » (#30,438), « ébène » (#30,435). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éclairant » est au #30,437. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around éclairant (IPA \e.klɛ.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,437 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for éclairant, with forms such as "célairant", "eclairant", and "écalirant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "éclatant", "éclairent", "éclaircit", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is éclairant, spelled É-C-L-A-I-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a la propriété d’éclairer.
  2. 2
    Qui permet la compréhension de quelque chose ou de la personnalité de quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Gaz éclairant ; fusée éclairante.

This word in other languages

beleuchtend(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • célairant
  • eclairant
  • écalirant
  • écclairant
  • éclaiarnt
  • éclairannt
  • éclairantt
  • éclairatn
  • éclairnat
  • éclairrant
  • éclariant
  • écliarant
  • écllairant
  • élcairant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

célairant2eclairant1écalirant2écclairant1éclaiarnt2éclairannt1éclairantt1éclairatn2
Edit distance from "éclairant"

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 "éclairant"?
"éclairant" is spelled É-C-L-A-I-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.klɛ.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "éclairant" mean?
As an adjective, "éclairant" means: Qui a la propriété d’éclairer.
What words are commonly confused with "éclairant"?
"éclairant" is commonly confused with "éclatant", "éclairent", "éclaircit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éclairant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éclairant" is \e.klɛ.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éclairant" come from?
"éclairant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

véhiculer#30,428acception#30,449accumulée#30,450vestibule#30,423

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

éparpillés14 variantsyoutubeurs14 variantsancestral14 variantstunisiennes14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list