longeant

\lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃\

/\lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“longeant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,787. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,787
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de longer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-longeant · longeant · French

longeant · rank #26,787 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #26,787
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lobbies

Nearest frequency peer: lobbies (-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 « longeant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « longeant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

longeant vs logent
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for longeant
PropertyValue
Headwordlongeant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,787
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « longeant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).longeantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lobbies » (#26,786), « LSD » (#26,788), « lib » (#26,785). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « longeant » est au #26,787. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around longeant (IPA \lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,787 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de longer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for longeant, with forms such as "llongeant", "lnogeant", and "logneant". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "logent", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is longeant, spelled L-O-N-G-E-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de longer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how longeant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À ce moment, il aperçut un ours superbe, un grizzly à fourrure noire, de haute taille, qui marchait sur ses pieds de derrière en longeant la voie, troublé sans doute par cette lutte des éléments qui impressionne si vivement les animaux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llongeant
  • lnogeant
  • logneant
  • lonegant
  • longaent
  • longeannt
  • longeantt
  • longeatn
  • longenat
  • longgeant
  • lonngeant
  • olngeant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of longeant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

llongeant1lnogeant2logneant2lonegant2longaent2longeannt1longeantt1longeatn2
Edit distance from "longeant"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "longeant"?
"longeant" is spelled L-O-N-G-E-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "longeant" mean?
As a verb, "longeant" means: Participe présent de longer.
What words are commonly confused with "longeant"?
"longeant" is commonly confused with "logent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "longeant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "longeant" is \lɔ̃.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "longeant" come from?
"longeant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "longeant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manucure#26,793lamelles#26,779Mauricie#26,795Johannes#26,773

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list