édifiant
\e.di.fjɑ̃\
The verdict
“édifiant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,414. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,414
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui édifie ; qui porte à la vertu, à la piété par l’exemple ou par le discours.
Corpus desk
Index FR-edifiant · édifiant · French
édifiant · rank #28,414 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #28,414
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH écrive
Nearest frequency peer: écrive (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “édifiant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Wolff
Wolff
71,591 corpus weight
- works
works
71,590 corpus weight
- écrive
écrive
71,588 corpus weight
- édifiant
édifiant
71,587 corpus weight
- épaves
épaves
71,584 corpus weight
- épinière
épinière
71,583 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “édifiant” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | édifiant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.di.fjɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “édifiant” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around édifiant (IPA \e.di.fjɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,414 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for édifiant, with forms such as "déifiant", "edifiant", and "éddifiant". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "édifiante", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is édifiant, spelled É-D-I-F-I-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui édifie ; qui porte à la vertu, à la piété par l’exemple ou par le discours.
- 2Qui donne à quelqu’un un moyen décisif de s’éclairer ou de se faire une opinion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how édifiant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A l’époque du procès, cette femme pouvait avoir cinquante ans ; elle était tout-à-fait jésuitique dans les manières, dans le langage et dans le ton ; sa voix était mielleuse, elle baissait la vue comme une vierge ; en un mot, c'était une pateline dont l’aspect édifiant aurait suffi pour faire sortir un saint du purgatoire.
Mais au milieu de tant d’exemples édifiants et touchants, on trouve quelquefois de ces personnes malcontentes et chagrines, à qui tout déplaît dans leur profession, et dont la vie, par-là même, n’est qu’amertume et dégoût.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- déifiant
- edifiant
- éddifiant
- édfiiant
- édifaint
- édiffiant
- édifiannt
- édifiantt
- édifiatn
- édifinat
- édiifant
- éidfiant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of édifiant - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "édifiant", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "édifiante". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #28,414 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "É" letter cohort. É–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.