extravagant

\ɛk.stʁa.va.ɡɑ̃\

/\ɛk.stʁa.va.ɡɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“extravagant” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,153. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,153
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est bizarre ou fantasque ; qui est contre le bon sens ou contre la raison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-extravagant · extravagant · French

extravagant · rank #30,153 · 17 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,153
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH explosives

Nearest frequency peer: explosives (-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 « extravagant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « extravagant » 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).

extravagant vs extravagante
92% similar
extravagant vs extravagantes
85% similar
extravagant vs extravagance
83% similar

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

Key facts for extravagant
PropertyValue
Headwordextravagant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛk.stʁa.va.ɡɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#30,153
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « extravagant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).extravagantse 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 « explosives » (#30,152), « exécrable » (#30,154), « exotisme » (#30,151). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « extravagant » est au #30,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around extravagant (IPA \ɛk.stʁa.va.ɡɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,153 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est bizarre ou fantasque ; qui est contre le bon sens ou contre la raison.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for extravagant, with forms such as "etxravagant", "exrtavagant", and "extarvagant". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "extravagante", "extravagantes", "extravagance", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is extravagant, spelled E-X-T-R-A-V-A-G-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est bizarre ou fantasque ; qui est contre le bon sens ou contre la raison.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s’allongea de nouveau, s’ingéniant à rédiger des clauses testamentaires en faveur d’Edna, pour la plupart, […] et à stipuler divers menus legs, avec des codicilles de plus en plus fantasques et extravagants….
  2. Dès 1818, le vélocipède du baron Karl Drais von Sauerbroom avait été le support d’une mode éphémère et extravagante parmi les dandys et les aristocrates de Paris et de Londres.

This word in other languages

extravagant(English)extravagant(Deutsch)extravagante(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etxravagant
  • exrtavagant
  • extarvagant
  • extraavgant
  • extravaagnt
  • extravagannt
  • extravagantt
  • extravagatn
  • extravaggant
  • extravagnat
  • extravgaant
  • extravvagant
  • extrravagant
  • extrvaagant
  • exttravagant
  • exxtravagant
  • xetravagant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extravagant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

etxravagant2exrtavagant2extarvagant2extraavgant2extravaagnt2extravagannt1extravagantt1extravagatn2
Edit distance from "extravagant"

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 "extravagant"?
"extravagant" is spelled E-X-T-R-A-V-A-G-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.stʁa.va.ɡɑ̃\.
What does "extravagant" mean?
As an adjective, "extravagant" means: Qui est bizarre ou fantasque ; qui est contre le bon sens ou contre la raison.
What words are commonly confused with "extravagant"?
"extravagant" is commonly confused with "extravagante", "extravagantes", "extravagance". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "extravagant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "extravagant" is \ɛk.stʁa.va.ɡɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "extravagant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

envahisseur#30,150entretenues#30,149facultative#30,157fréquentées#30,170

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

furieusement17 variantscontrepoids17 variantsincendiaires17 variantsbilatérales17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list