méfiant
\me.fjɑ̃\
The verdict
“méfiant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,288
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se méfie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mefiant · méfiant · French
méfiant · rank #23,288 · 11 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,288
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH méthodique
Nearest frequency peer: méthodique (+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 « méfiant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- monographie
monographie
76,716 corpus weight
- mouchoirs
mouchoirs
76,715 corpus weight
- méfiant
méfiant
76,713 corpus weight
- méthodique
méthodique
76,712 corpus weight
- métissage
métissage
76,711 corpus weight
- Napoli
Napoli
76,710 corpus weight
What this shows « méfiant » 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 | méfiant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \me.fjɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « méfiant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around méfiant (IPA \me.fjɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,288 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui se méfie.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for méfiant, with forms such as "mefiant", "mféiant", and "mméfiant". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "menant", "mêlant", "mettant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is méfiant, spelled M-É-F-I-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui se méfie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how méfiant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les bêtes si méfiantes qui s'abattaient à la croûle sur les fagnes pour en extraire les vers, ne prenaient point garde aux filets tendus à plat sur le sol; elles s'y empêtraient et tous leurs efforts étaient vains. Elles ne pouvaient s'en dépêtrer ou arracher le bâtonnet qui les fixe.
— Santini est un méfiant, il ne fait pas confiance aux gens qui sont dans l’univers du football.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mefiant
- mféiant
- mméfiant
- méfaint
- méffiant
- méfiannt
- méfiantt
- méfiatn
- méfinat
- méifant
- émfiant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of méfiant - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "méfiant"?
What does "méfiant" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "méfiant"?
How do you pronounce "méfiant"?
What language does "méfiant" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "méfiant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).