lisant
\li.zɑ̃\
The verdict
“lisant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,857
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de lire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lisant · lisant · French
lisant · rank #7,857 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,857
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH limoges
Nearest frequency peer: limoges (-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 « lisant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lente
lente
92,147 corpus weight
- lie
lie
92,146 corpus weight
- limoges
limoges
92,145 corpus weight
- lisant
lisant
92,144 corpus weight
- Liverpool
Liverpool
92,143 corpus weight
- légendes
légendes
92,142 corpus weight
What this shows « lisant » 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 | lisant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \li.zɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « lisant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around lisant (IPA \li.zɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,857 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de lire.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for lisant, with forms such as "ilsant", "liasnt", and "lisannt". 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, "list", "liszt", "lisent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lisant, spelled L-I-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de lire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lisant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’avais à peine jeté les yeux sur ces beaux steppes sauvages où tu bondis, et je ne te parlerai point de quelques larmes essuyées en te lisant ; mais le regret n’est pas le remords, quoiqu’il en soit un peu germain.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilsant
- liasnt
- lisannt
- lisantt
- lisatn
- lisnat
- lissant
- llisant
- lsiant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lisant - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lisant", 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).