jonglant
\ʒɔ̃.ɡlɑ̃\
The verdict
“jonglant” is uncommon French (frequency #90,851 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,851
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de jongler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jonglant · jonglant · French
jonglant · rank #90,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,851
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jonglage
Nearest frequency peer: jonglage (-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 « jonglant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jig
jig
9,153 corpus weight
- jogger
jogger
9,152 corpus weight
- jonglage
jonglage
9,151 corpus weight
- jonglant
jonglant
9,150 corpus weight
- jupette
jupette
9,149 corpus weight
- kalina
kalina
9,147 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « jonglant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jonglant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʒɔ̃.ɡlɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « jonglant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
jonglant is uncommon French at frequency #90,851 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʒɔ̃.ɡlɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de jongler.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jonglant in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is jonglant, spelled J-O-N-G-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de jongler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jonglant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La voiture glisse lentement le long des trottoirs, saluant au passage les hommes à pied qui patrouillent en jonglant avec leur night stick, la grande matraque des veilles nocturnes.
... et tandis que Dan et lui travaillaient, fourchant du foin ou lançant et arrimant les cordes, Dan jetait des coups d’œil aux autres en jonglant avec les noms...
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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