établissant

\e.ta.bli.sɑ̃\

/\e.ta.bli.sɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“établissant” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,072. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,072
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-etablissant · établissant · French

établissant · rank #15,072 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,072
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH équateur

Nearest frequency peer: équateur (-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 « établissant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « établissant » 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).

établissant vs établissent
91% similar
établissant vs établissait
91% similar

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

Key facts for établissant
PropertyValue
Headwordétablissant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ta.bli.sɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#15,072
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « établissant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).établissantse 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 « équateur » (#15,071), « étalon » (#15,073), « épuisée » (#15,070). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « établissant » est au #15,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around établissant (IPA \e.ta.bli.sɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,072 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de établir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for établissant, with forms such as "etablissant", "téablissant", and "éatblissant". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "établissent", "établissait", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is établissant, spelled É-T-A-B-L-I-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de établir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La voix narrative commence à « décaler » l’événement en établissant une classification des réactions des accidentés (certains gémissent, d’autres hurlent, d’autres encore sanglotent ; quant aux morts, ils se tiennent cois), puis le comique absurde atteint son apogée avec la description apocalyptique de l’hôpital de campagne où les blessés sont amenés, et…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etablissant
  • téablissant
  • éatblissant
  • étabblissant
  • étabilssant
  • établisant
  • établisasnt
  • établissannt
  • établissantt
  • établissatn
  • établissnat
  • établlissant
  • établsisant
  • étalbissant
  • étbalissant
  • éttablissant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etablissant1téablissant2éatblissant2étabblissant1étabilssant2établisant1établisasnt2établissannt1
Edit distance from "établissant"

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 "établissant"?
"établissant" is spelled É-T-A-B-L-I-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ta.bli.sɑ̃\.
What does "établissant" mean?
As a verb, "établissant" means: Participe présent de établir.
What words are commonly confused with "établissant"?
"établissant" is commonly confused with "établissent", "établissait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "établissant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "établissant" is \e.ta.bli.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "établissant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list