eussent

\ys\

/\ys\/ verb

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The verdict

“eussent” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,865. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,865
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait du subjonctif du verbe auxiliaire avoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eussent · eussent · French

eussent · rank #42,865 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,865
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH esquivé

Nearest frequency peer: esquivé (-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 « eussent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « eussent » 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).

eussent vs uss
43% similar
eussent vs essen
71% similar
eussent vs eurent
71% similar

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

Key facts for eussent
PropertyValue
Headwordeussent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ys\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,865
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « eussent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).eussentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « esquivé » (#42,864), « exagères » (#42,866), « Esposito » (#42,863). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « eussent » est au #42,865. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around eussent (IPA \ys\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,865 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for eussent, with forms such as "esusent", "eusent", and "eusesnt". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "uss", "essen", "eurent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is eussent, spelled E-U-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait du subjonctif du verbe auxiliaire avoir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du conditionnel passé 2ᵉ forme du verbe auxiliaire avoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Madame Geoffrin s’embarrassait fort peu que les enfants eussent du plaisir avec elle, pourvu qu’elle en eût avec eux.
  2. Les quatre hommes se mirent à la rame ; mais la mer était trop grosse pour que les avirons eussent grande prise dessus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esusent
  • eusent
  • eusesnt
  • eussennt
  • eussentt
  • eussetn
  • eussnet
  • uessent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esusent2eusent1eusesnt2eussennt1eussentt1eussetn2eussnet2uessent2
Edit distance from "eussent"

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 "eussent"?
"eussent" is spelled E-U-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ys\.
What does "eussent" mean?
As a verb, "eussent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait du subjonctif du verbe auxiliaire avoir.
What words are commonly confused with "eussent"?
"eussent" is commonly confused with "uss", "essen", "eurent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "eussent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eussent" is \ys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eussent" come from?
"eussent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

esquivé#42,864enjouée#42,858engages#42,856emotion#42,854

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

femina8 variantseffleure8 variantsflyer8 variantsFofana8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list