imitant

\i.mi.tɑ̃\

/\i.mi.tɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“imitant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,686
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent d'imiter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-imitant · imitant · French

imitant · rank #25,686 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,686
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ignorée

Nearest frequency peer: ignorée (-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 « imitant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « imitant » 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).

imitant vs instant
71% similar
imitant vs implant
71% similar
imitant vs imitent
86% similar

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

Key facts for imitant
PropertyValue
Headwordimitant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.mi.tɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,686
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « imitant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).imitantse 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 « ignorée » (#25,685), « impair » (#25,687), « ibérique » (#25,684). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « imitant » est au #25,686. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around imitant (IPA \i.mi.tɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,686 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent d'imiter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for imitant, with forms such as "iimtant", "imiatnt", and "imitannt". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "instant", "implant", "imitent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is imitant, spelled I-M-I-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent d'imiter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iimtant
  • imiatnt
  • imitannt
  • imitantt
  • imitatn
  • imitnat
  • imittant
  • immitant
  • imtiant
  • miitant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

iimtant2imiatnt2imitannt1imitantt1imitatn2imitnat2imittant1immitant1
Edit distance from "imitant"

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 "imitant"?
"imitant" is spelled I-M-I-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \i.mi.tɑ̃\.
What does "imitant" mean?
As a verb, "imitant" means: Participe présent d'imiter.
What words are commonly confused with "imitant"?
"imitant" is commonly confused with "instant", "implant", "imitent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "imitant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "imitant" is \i.mi.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "imitant" come from?
"imitant" 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 "imitant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

ignorée#25,685hindous#25,678gênante#25,672générée#25,671

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

grimpé10 variantsgobelet10 variantsLafarge10 variantsEsteban10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list