exaspérant

\ɛɡ.zas.pe.ʁɑ̃\

/\ɛɡ.zas.pe.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“exaspérant” is uncommon French (frequency #55,270 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,270
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui exaspère, qui est propre à exaspérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exasperant · exaspérant · French

exaspérant · rank #55,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,270
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Exarchopoulos

Nearest frequency peer: Exarchopoulos (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « exaspérant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « exaspérant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exaspérant
PropertyValue
Headwordexaspérant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛɡ.zas.pe.ʁɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,270
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « exaspérant » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).exaspéranttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Exarchopoulos » (#55,269), « exhale » (#55,271), « eurosceptiques » (#55,268). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exaspérant » est au #55,270. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exaspérant is uncommon French at frequency #55,270 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛɡ.zas.pe.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui exaspère, qui est propre à exaspérer.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exaspérant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is exaspérant, spelled E-X-A-S-P-É-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui exaspère, qui est propre à exaspérer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il me fallait, selon les jours, l’heure de déplacement et la pluviométrie, entre vingt et trente-cinq minutes pour me rendre sur mon lieu de travail où un parc de stationnement réservé au personnel m’évitait la fastidieuse et exaspérante recherche d’une place.
  2. Ce fut, pêle-mêle, l’ingratitude des concitoyens plus enclins à débiner les chaussettes à clous qu'à les soutenir, les manies exaspérantes du margis Barguinoux et les sornettes lourdingues du juteux Pénardin, la promotion qui ne viendrait jamais, je ne sais quoi encore, […].

This word in other languages

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 "exaspérant"?
"exaspérant" is spelled E-X-A-S-P-É-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zas.pe.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "exaspérant" mean?
As an adjective, "exaspérant" means: Qui exaspère, qui est propre à exaspérer.
How do you pronounce "exaspérant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exaspérant" is \ɛɡ.zas.pe.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list