fréquentait
\fʁe.kɑ̃.tɛ\
The verdict
“fréquentait” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,363. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,363
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fréquenter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frequentait · fréquentait · French
fréquentait · rank #29,363 · 17 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,363
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH franchie
Nearest frequency peer: franchie (-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 « fréquentait »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- fouillant
fouillant
70,641 corpus weight
- foutues
foutues
70,640 corpus weight
- franchie
franchie
70,639 corpus weight
- fréquentait
fréquentait
70,638 corpus weight
- frêne
frêne
70,637 corpus weight
- fusible
fusible
70,636 corpus weight
What this shows « fréquentait » 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 | fréquentait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fʁe.kɑ̃.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #29,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fréquentait »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around fréquentait (IPA \fʁe.kɑ̃.tɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,363 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fréquenter.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for fréquentait, with forms such as "ffréquentait", "frequentait", and "frqéuentait". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fréquentent", "fréquentant", "fréquentaient", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fréquentait, spelled F-R-É-Q-U-E-N-T-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de fréquenter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fréquentait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une mère et ses deux filles, que fréquentait sa femme, voulurent qu’il les installât dans le compartiment des dames seules.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffréquentait
- frequentait
- frqéuentait
- frréquentait
- fréqeuntait
- fréqquentait
- fréquenatit
- fréquenntait
- fréquentaitt
- fréquentati
- fréquentiat
- fréquenttait
- fréquetnait
- fréqunetait
- fréuqentait
- férquentait
- rféquentait
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fréquentait - 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.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).