filtrant

\fil.tʁɑ̃\

/\fil.tʁɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“filtrant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,439
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui sert à filtrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-filtrant · filtrant · French

filtrant · rank #43,439 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,439
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH filou

Nearest frequency peer: filou (-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 « filtrant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « filtrant » 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).

filtrant vs filant
75% similar
filtrant vs filmant
75% similar
filtrant vs figurant
75% similar

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

Key facts for filtrant
PropertyValue
Headwordfiltrant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fil.tʁɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,439
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « filtrant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).filtrantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « filou » (#43,438), « fixement » (#43,440), « Filip » (#43,437). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « filtrant » est au #43,439. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around filtrant (IPA \fil.tʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,439 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui sert à filtrer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for filtrant, with forms such as "ffiltrant", "filltrant", and "filrtant". 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, "filant", "filmant", "figurant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is filtrant, spelled F-I-L-T-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui sert à filtrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De base, la cabine répond à toutes les normes catégorie 2. En cas de besoin, le système filtrant peut passer en catégorie 4 EN15695 pour offrir une meilleure protection de l’opérateur, en particulier pour la pulvérisation.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffiltrant
  • filltrant
  • filrtant
  • filtarnt
  • filtrannt
  • filtrantt
  • filtratn
  • filtrnat
  • filtrrant
  • filttrant
  • fitlrant
  • flitrant
  • ifltrant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of filtrant - 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.

ffiltrant1filltrant1filrtant2filtarnt2filtrannt1filtrantt1filtratn2filtrnat2
Edit distance from "filtrant"

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 "filtrant"?
"filtrant" is spelled F-I-L-T-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fil.tʁɑ̃\.
What does "filtrant" mean?
As an adjective, "filtrant" means: Qui sert à filtrer.
What words are commonly confused with "filtrant"?
"filtrant" is commonly confused with "filant", "filmant", "figurant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "filtrant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "filtrant" is \fil.tʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "filtrant" come from?
"filtrant" 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 "filtrant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list