gisant

\ʒi.zɑ̃\

/\ʒi.zɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“gisant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,976. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,976
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-gisant · gisant · French

gisant · rank #31,976 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,976
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH GIGN

Nearest frequency peer: GIGN (-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 « gisant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gisant » 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).

gisant vs grant
67% similar
gisant vs gitan
67% similar
gisant vs gitans
67% similar

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

Key facts for gisant
PropertyValue
Headwordgisant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒi.zɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,976
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gisant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gisantse 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 « GIGN » (#31,975), « Goodman » (#31,977), « goose » (#31,978). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gisant » est au #31,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around gisant (IPA \ʒi.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,976 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gisant, with forms such as "ggisant", "giasnt", and "gisannt". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "grant", "gitan", "gitans", 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 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 gisant, spelled G-I-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est couché, étendu.
  2. 2
    Se dit d'un quadrupède (en particulier un cerf) qui est représenté couché. À rapprocher de couché, dormant, embarroqué, en forme et en repos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On voyait que la victime avait été frappée au moment où, à genoux devant le tonneau, elle commençait à remplir une bouteille, qui lui avait échappé des mains et qui était gisante à ses côtés.
  2. Il aurait arrêté le Diable et demandé leurs passeports aux gisantes multitudes ressuscitées par le souffle d’Ézéchiel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggisant
  • giasnt
  • gisannt
  • gisantt
  • gisatn
  • gisnat
  • gissant
  • gsiant
  • igsant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggisant1giasnt2gisannt1gisantt1gisatn2gisnat2gissant1gsiant2
Edit distance from "gisant"

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 "gisant"?
"gisant" is spelled G-I-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒi.zɑ̃\.
What does "gisant" mean?
As an adjective, "gisant" means: Qui est couché, étendu.
What words are commonly confused with "gisant"?
"gisant" is commonly confused with "grant", "gitan", "gitans". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gisant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gisant" is \ʒi.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gisant" come from?
"gisant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list