fondant

\fɔ̃.dɑ̃\

/\fɔ̃.dɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“fondant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,674
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-fondant · fondant · French

fondant · rank #14,674 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,674
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH finement

Nearest frequency peer: finement (-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 « fondant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fondant » 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).

fondant vs formant
71% similar
fondant vs fondent
86% similar
fondant vs forçant
71% similar

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

Key facts for fondant
PropertyValue
Headwordfondant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fɔ̃.dɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,674
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fondant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fondantse 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 « finement » (#14,673), « fontainebleau » (#14,675), « financée » (#14,672). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fondant » est au #14,674. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around fondant (IPA \fɔ̃.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,674 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for fondant, with forms such as "ffondant", "fnodant", and "fodnant". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "formant", "fondent", "forçant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fondant, spelled F-O-N-D-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fond.
  2. 2
    Qui fond dans la bouche.
  3. 3
    Qualifiait des diurétiques ou résolutifs qui faisaient fondre.
  4. 4
    Qui sert à faciliter la fusion de certains corps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s’agit de l’un « des milliers d’artefacts anciens qui ont été récupérés dans les plaques de glace fondante du pays au cours des deux dernières décennies », comme l’explique un nouveau rapport de l’université norvégienne de sciences et de technologie (NTNU).
  2. Poire fondante.

This word in other languages

melting(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffondant
  • fnodant
  • fodnant
  • fonadnt
  • fondannt
  • fondantt
  • fondatn
  • fonddant
  • fondnat
  • fonndant
  • ofndant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ffondant1fnodant2fodnant2fonadnt2fondannt1fondantt1fondatn2fonddant1
Edit distance from "fondant"

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 "fondant"?
"fondant" is spelled F-O-N-D-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ̃.dɑ̃\.
What does "fondant" mean?
As an adjective, "fondant" means: Qui fond.
What words are commonly confused with "fondant"?
"fondant" is commonly confused with "formant", "fondent", "forçant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fondant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fondant" is \fɔ̃.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fondant" come from?
"fondant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

freiner#14,678emblème#14,669friends#14,679gagnera#14,681

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

financée11 variantsdétache11 variantsgalères11 variantsdéployé11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list