fonçant

\fɔ̃.sɑ̃\

/\fɔ̃.sɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“fonçant” is uncommon French (frequency #64,454 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,454
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de foncer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-foncant · fonçant · French

fonçant · rank #64,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,454
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fonctionnelle…

Nearest frequency peer: fonctionnellement (-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 « fonçant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fonçant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fonçant
PropertyValue
Headwordfonçant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɔ̃.sɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,454
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fonçant » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).fonçanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « fonctionnellement » (#64,453), « Florine » (#64,452), « flatteuses » (#64,451). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fonçant » est au #64,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fonçant is uncommon French at frequency #64,454 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fɔ̃.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de foncer.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for fonçant in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fonçant, spelled F-O-N-Ç-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de foncer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Appliquant le geste à la parole, Alvaro venait d’écraser le champignon de la Polo fonçant sur le gros plein de soupe.

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 "fonçant"?
"fonçant" is spelled F-O-N-Ç-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ̃.sɑ̃\.
What does "fonçant" mean?
As a verb, "fonçant" means: Participe présent de foncer.
How do you pronounce "fonçant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fonçant" is \fɔ̃.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fonçant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Florine#64,452fruitée#64,464fumante#64,465fanions#64,442

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list