latent
\la.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“latent” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,926
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non apparent, qui ne se manifeste pas, sous-jacent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-latent · latent · French
latent · rank #36,926 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,926
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH largo
Nearest frequency peer: largo (-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 « latent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- laguna
laguna
63,079 corpus weight
- Lair
Lair
63,078 corpus weight
- lapidation
lapidation
63,077 corpus weight
- largo
largo
63,076 corpus weight
- latent
latent
63,075 corpus weight
- Latran
Latran
63,074 corpus weight
What this shows « latent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | latent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \la.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « latent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around latent (IPA \la.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,926 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for latent, with forms such as "altent", "laetnt", and "latennt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lent", "latin", "lient", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 latent, spelled L-A-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Non apparent, qui ne se manifeste pas, sous-jacent.
- 2Caché.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how latent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ne peut-on pas admettre […], que les êtres exceptionnels qui apparaissent de loin en loin dans une famille, ne sont que le fait de l’éclosion spontanée de qualités supérieures restées latentes chez leurs prédécesseurs ?
Laissez-la [la branche] intacte si elle n’est pas trop longue, sinon taillez au-dessus de 5 à 6 groupes de fleurs. À la base, le repercement d’un œil latent est possible, ce qui assurera le remplacement de la chiffonne.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- altent
- laetnt
- latennt
- latentt
- latetn
- latnet
- lattent
- llatent
- ltaent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of latent - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).