filant

\fi.lɑ̃\

/\fi.lɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“filant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,790. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,790
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui coule sans se diviser et s’allonge en une apparence de fil continu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-filant · filant · French

filant · rank #41,790 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,790
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fichue

Nearest frequency peer: fichue (-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 « filant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « filant » 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).

filant vs flan
67% similar
filant vs flat
67% similar
filant vs filet
67% similar

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

Key facts for filant
PropertyValue
Headwordfilant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fi.lɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,790
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « filant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.filantse 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 « fichue » (#41,789), « flottement » (#41,791), « fatiguent » (#41,788). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « filant » est au #41,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around filant (IPA \fi.lɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,790 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui coule sans se diviser et s’allonge en une apparence de fil continu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for filant, with forms such as "ffilant", "fialnt", and "filannt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "flan", "flat", "filet", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is filant, spelled F-I-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui coule sans se diviser et s’allonge en une apparence de fil continu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une matière filante.
  2. Un liquide onctueux et filant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffilant
  • fialnt
  • filannt
  • filantt
  • filatn
  • fillant
  • filnat
  • fliant
  • iflant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of filant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ffilant1fialnt2filannt1filantt1filatn2fillant1filnat2fliant2
Edit distance from "filant"

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 "filant"?
"filant" is spelled F-I-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.lɑ̃\.
What does "filant" mean?
As an adjective, "filant" means: Qui coule sans se diviser et s’allonge en une apparence de fil continu.
What words are commonly confused with "filant"?
"filant" is commonly confused with "flan", "flat", "filet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "filant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filant" is \fi.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filant" come from?
"filant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fichue#41,789Gallia#41,800ending#41,769hiboux#41,823

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

exigera9 variantsgageure9 variantsenfouir9 variantsellipses9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list