limitant
\li.mi.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“limitant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,205. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,205
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui limite quelque chose ou quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-limitant · limitant · French
limitant · rank #13,205 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,205
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Leonardo
Nearest frequency peer: Leonardo (-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 « limitant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Lazare
Lazare
86,799 corpus weight
- Lefebvre
Lefebvre
86,798 corpus weight
- Leonardo
Leonardo
86,797 corpus weight
- limitant
limitant
86,796 corpus weight
- lobby
lobby
86,795 corpus weight
- lyonnaise
lyonnaise
86,793 corpus weight
What this shows « limitant » 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 | limitant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \li.mi.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « limitant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around limitant (IPA \li.mi.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,205 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui limite quelque chose ou quelqu’un.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for limitant, with forms such as "ilmitant", "liimtant", and "limiatnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "limitent", "limitait", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is limitant, spelled L-I-M-I-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui limite quelque chose ou quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how limitant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet ouvrage présente les connaissances actuelles sur l’écophysiologie du pois protéagineux : développement végétatif et reproducteur, croissance en condition non limitante, nutrition azotée.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilmitant
- liimtant
- limiatnt
- limitannt
- limitantt
- limitatn
- limitnat
- limittant
- limmitant
- limtiant
- llimitant
- lmiitant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of limitant - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).