expédiant
\ɛks.pe.djɑ̃\
The verdict
“expédiant” is uncommon French (frequency #88,609 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,609
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de expédier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-expediant · expédiant · French
expédiant · rank #88,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,609
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exposeront
Nearest frequency peer: exposeront (-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 « expédiant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ewe
ewe
11,395 corpus weight
- excentrés
excentrés
11,394 corpus weight
- exposeront
exposeront
11,393 corpus weight
- expédiant
expédiant
11,392 corpus weight
- extrascolai…
extrascolaires
11,391 corpus weight
- Fabiano
Fabiano
11,390 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « expédiant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expédiant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛks.pe.djɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « expédiant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
expédiant is uncommon French at frequency #88,609 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛks.pe.djɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de expédier.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for expédiant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is expédiant, spelled E-X-P-É-D-I-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de expédier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how expédiant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec le fond de serrage mobile I on évite les désagréments que cause souvent le fond de serrage immobile; par exemple, si le socle est bossué, il est impossible, avec le fond de serrage immobile, de le débossuer sans démonter le cylindre J et le fond de serrage, ce qui est très-coûteux et très-difficile; pour faire ce travail on est souvent obligé de reve…
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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