excédents
\ɛk.se.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“excédents” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,597. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,597
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de excédent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-excedents · excédents · French
excédents · rank #30,597 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,597
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH expliqua
Nearest frequency peer: expliqua (+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 “excédents”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- envieux
envieux
69,408 corpus weight
- EPA
EPA
69,407 corpus weight
- EV
EV
69,406 corpus weight
- excédents
excédents
69,404 corpus weight
- expliqua
expliqua
69,403 corpus weight
- expulsée
expulsée
69,402 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “excédents” 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 | excédents |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.se.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “excédents” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around excédents (IPA \ɛk.se.dɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,597 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de excédent.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for excédents, with forms such as "ecxédents", "exccédents", and "excdéents". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "excellents", "excréments", "excédent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is excédents, spelled E-X-C-É-D-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de excédent.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecxédents
- exccédents
- excdéents
- excedents
- excéddents
- excédennts
- excédenst
- excédentss
- excédentts
- excédetns
- excédnets
- excéednts
- exxcédents
- exécdents
- xecédents
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excédents - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "excédents", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "excédents". Here's where to go from here.
- "excédents" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "excellents". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #30,597 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "E" letter cohort. E–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.