levant
\lə.vɑ̃\
The verdict
“levant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,415
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Qui se lève.
Corpus desk
Index FR-levant · levant · French
levant · rank #8,415 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,415
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH levier
Nearest frequency peer: levier (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “levant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- indienne
indienne
91,590 corpus weight
- jan
jan
91,589 corpus weight
- levant
levant
91,586 corpus weight
- levier
levier
91,585 corpus weight
- Linux
Linux
91,584 corpus weight
- locataires
locataires
91,583 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “levant” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | levant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lə.vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “levant” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around levant (IPA \lə.vɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,415 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 levant, with forms such as "elvant", "leavnt", and "levannt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "liant", "lisant", "lèvent", and more, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is levant, spelled L-E-V-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui se lève.
- 2Qui se lève, en parlant du soleil.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how levant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par moments une plainte s’élevait, venant du dehors, une clameur affolante, comme le cri des chiens qui aboient à la mort, sous la lune levante, au fond des fermes perdues dans la campagne.
La princesse Morgane avait lu dans les livres l’histoire du miroir de Blanche-Neige qui savait parler et lui annonça son égorgement, et le conte du miroir d’Ilsée, d’où sortit une autre Ilsée qui tua Ilsée, et l’aventure du miroir nocturne de la ville de Milet qui faisait s’étrangler les Milésiennes à la nuit levante.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elvant
- leavnt
- levannt
- levantt
- levatn
- levnat
- levvant
- llevant
- lveant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of levant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "levant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.