espérant

\ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\

/\ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“espérant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,452. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,452
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de espérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-esperant · espérant · French

espérant · rank #5,452 · 13 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,452
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enthousiasme

Nearest frequency peer: enthousiasme (-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 « espérant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « espérant » 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).

espérant vs espérons
75% similar
espérant vs espèrent
75% similar
espérant vs espéranto
89% similar

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

Key facts for espérant
PropertyValue
Headwordespérant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,452
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « espérant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).espérantse 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 « enthousiasme » (#5,451), « enseignant » (#5,450), « examens » (#5,454). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « espérant » est au #5,452. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around espérant (IPA \ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,452 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de espérer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for espérant, with forms such as "epsérant", "esperant", and "esppérant". 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, "espérons", "espèrent", "espéranto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is espérant, spelled E-S-P-É-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de espérer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous tournâmes autour de la chapelle, espérant trouver un presbytère, un recteur ; mais l’église était close.
  2. Comme dans les prépas scientifiques, il est tout à fait possible de la redoubler (on dit « cuber ») en espérant être accepté dans une école plus prestigieuse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epsérant
  • esperant
  • esppérant
  • espréant
  • espéarnt
  • espérannt
  • espérantt
  • espératn
  • espérnat
  • espérrant
  • esspérant
  • eséprant
  • sepérant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epsérant2esperant1esppérant1espréant2espéarnt2espérannt1espérantt1espératn2
Edit distance from "espérant"

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 "espérant"?
"espérant" is spelled E-S-P-É-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "espérant" mean?
As a verb, "espérant" means: Participe présent de espérer.
What words are commonly confused with "espérant"?
"espérant" is commonly confused with "espérons", "espèrent", "espéranto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "espérant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espérant" is \ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espérant" come from?
"espérant" 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 "espérant", 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