haletant

^((h aspiré))\a.lə.tɑ̃\

/^((h aspiré))\a.lə.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“haletant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,111
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui halète, qui est essoufflé, qui respire fréquemment, péniblement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-haletant · haletant · French

haletant · rank #34,111 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,111
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH groupées

Nearest frequency peer: groupées (-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 « haletant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « haletant » 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).

haletant vs haletante
89% similar
haletant vs habitant
75% similar

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

Key facts for haletant
PropertyValue
Headwordhaletant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA^((h aspiré))\a.lə.tɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,111
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « haletant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.haletantse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « groupées » (#34,110), « Hanson » (#34,112), « grincheux » (#34,109). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « haletant » est au #34,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around haletant (IPA ^((h aspiré))\a.lə.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,111 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for haletant, with forms such as "ahletant", "haeltant", and "haleatnt". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "haletante", "habitant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is haletant, spelled H-A-L-E-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui halète, qui est essoufflé, qui respire fréquemment, péniblement.
  2. 2
    Maintenu sous une émotion, une curiosité intense.
  3. 3
    Qui maintient sous une émotion, une curiosité intense.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une respiration haletante.
  2. Buckingham demeura une minute haletant. Pendant cette minute, on vit ses lèvres trembler, ses joues frémir, ses yeux vaciller, comme dans le délire.

This word in other languages

breathless(English)ofegante(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahletant
  • haeltant
  • haleatnt
  • haletannt
  • haletantt
  • haletatn
  • haletnat
  • halettant
  • halletant
  • halteant
  • hhaletant
  • hlaetant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of haletant - 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.

ahletant2haeltant2haleatnt2haletannt1haletantt1haletatn2haletnat2halettant1
Edit distance from "haletant"

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 "haletant"?
"haletant" is spelled H-A-L-E-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\a.lə.tɑ̃\.
What does "haletant" mean?
As an adjective, "haletant" means: Qui halète, qui est essoufflé, qui respire fréquemment, péniblement.
What words are commonly confused with "haletant"?
"haletant" is commonly confused with "haletante", "habitant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "haletant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haletant" is ^((h aspiré))\a.lə.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haletant" come from?
"haletant" 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 "haletant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

groupées#34,110glycémie#34,105hospices#34,120indécise#34,131

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

infecter12 variantsKhartoum12 variantsdessinant12 variantsCotentin12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list