éclatant

\e.kla.tɑ̃\

/\e.kla.tɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“éclatant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,740. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,740
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de l’éclat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eclatant · éclatant · French

éclatant · rank #22,740 · 13 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,740
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH yon

Nearest frequency peer: yon (-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 « éclatant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « éclatant » 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).

éclatant vs épatant
75% similar
éclatant vs écoutant
75% similar
éclatant vs éclatent
88% similar

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

Key facts for éclatant
PropertyValue
Headwordéclatant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.kla.tɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,740
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éclatant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.éclatantse 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 « yon » (#22,739), « égaler » (#22,741), « égalisation » (#22,742). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éclatant » est au #22,740. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around éclatant (IPA \e.kla.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,740 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for éclatant, with forms such as "célatant", "eclatant", and "écaltant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "épatant", "écoutant", "éclatent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is éclatant, spelled É-C-L-A-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a de l’éclat.
  2. 2
    Qui fait un bruit perçant.
  3. 3
    Qualifie les choses qui se font remarquer, entre toutes les autres choses semblables, par leur importance, leur célébrité, leur publicité, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le jour était ensoleillé, de telle sorte qu’après cette lumière éclatante du dehors, sa chambre, au rez-de-chaussée, me paraissait tout à fait noire.
  2. On retrouve chez Abramow un héritage lisible de Guy Bourdin (1928-1991), immense photographe des années 1970, dont les cadrages acrobatiques, et les couleurs éclatantes, rendaient les mannequins à la fois ultrasexys et parfaitement puissantes.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • célatant
  • eclatant
  • écaltant
  • écclatant
  • éclaatnt
  • éclatannt
  • éclatantt
  • éclatatn
  • éclatnat
  • éclattant
  • écllatant
  • écltaant
  • élcatant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

célatant2eclatant1écaltant2écclatant1éclaatnt2éclatannt1éclatantt1éclatatn2
Edit distance from "éclatant"

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 "éclatant"?
"éclatant" is spelled É-C-L-A-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kla.tɑ̃\.
What does "éclatant" mean?
As an adjective, "éclatant" means: Qui a de l’éclat.
What words are commonly confused with "éclatant"?
"éclatant" is commonly confused with "épatant", "écoutant", "éclatent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éclatant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éclatant" is \e.kla.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éclatant" come from?
"éclatant" 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 "éclatant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list