guérissant
\ɡe.ʁi.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“guérissant” is uncommon French (frequency #87,698 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,698
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui guérit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-guerissant · guérissant · French
guérissant · rank #87,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,698
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH géomatique
Nearest frequency peer: géomatique (+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 « guérissant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- gringalet
gringalet
12,308 corpus weight
- grondent
grondent
12,305 corpus weight
- guérissant
guérissant
12,303 corpus weight
- géomatique
géomatique
12,302 corpus weight
- géosciences
géosciences
12,301 corpus weight
- habi
habi
12,300 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « guérissant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guérissant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡe.ʁi.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « guérissant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
guérissant is uncommon French at frequency #87,698 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡe.ʁi.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui guérit.".
guérissant has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is guérissant, spelled G-U-É-R-I-S-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui guérit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how guérissant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certainement les bandeaux guérissants trempés dans quelque liquide, car le texte poursuit […] Après que le malade est rassuré de sa puissance, il demande les plantes guérissantes ou l’amulette qui lui doit servir de préservatif contre de nouvelles attaques. […] Je traduis pour cela le passage par « descend une invocation mystérieuse pour........ les habit…
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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