fervent
\fɛʁ.vɑ̃\
The verdict
“fervent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,749. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,749
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de la ferveur ; qui est rempli de ferveur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fervent · fervent · French
fervent · rank #18,749 · 11 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,749
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fanatiques
Nearest frequency peer: fanatiques (-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 « fervent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- expulsés
expulsés
81,255 corpus weight
- fachos
fachos
81,254 corpus weight
- fanatiques
fanatiques
81,253 corpus weight
- fervent
fervent
81,252 corpus weight
- ficelles
ficelles
81,251 corpus weight
- filtrer
filtrer
81,250 corpus weight
What this shows « fervent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | fervent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɛʁ.vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fervent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around fervent (IPA \fɛʁ.vɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,749 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fervent, with forms such as "efrvent", "ferevnt", and "ferrvent". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "furent", "firent", "fêtent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fervent, spelled F-E-R-V-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui a de la ferveur ; qui est rempli de ferveur.
- 2Où il y a de la ferveur ; où l’on met de la ferveur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fervent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les temps étaient bien changés, mais de ferventes ouailles s’étaient prosternées devant la statue, avaient renoué les liens rompus par les ans, capté, en quelque sorte, la Vierge dans un filet de prières […].
Car ils sont, parait-il, les fervents amateurs des « fricots » les plus savoureux : une noce, chez ces farauds, dure huit jours.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efrvent
- ferevnt
- ferrvent
- fervennt
- ferventt
- fervetn
- fervnet
- fervvent
- fevrent
- ffervent
- frevent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fervent - 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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).