modifient

\mɔ.di.fi\

/\mɔ.di.fi\/ verb

The verdict

“modifient” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,400
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de modifier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-modifient · modifient · French

modifient · rank #25,400 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,400
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mobiliers

Nearest frequency peer: mobiliers (-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 « modifient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « modifient » 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).

modifient vs modifier
78% similar
modifient vs modifiés
67% similar
modifient vs modifie
78% similar

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

Key facts for modifient
PropertyValue
Headwordmodifient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɔ.di.fi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,400
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « modifient »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mobiliers » (#25,399), « monégasque » (#25,401), « Maupassant » (#25,398). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « modifient » est au #25,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around modifient (IPA \mɔ.di.fi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,400 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for modifient, with forms such as "mdoifient", "mmodifient", and "moddifient". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "modifier", "modifiés", "modifie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is modifient, spelled M-O-D-I-F-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de modifier.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de modifier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi les mots grecs thébanisés restent invariables et en mettant à part pour le moment les verbes dont les radicaux se terminent en grec par un e ou par un a ou par un o, verbes dont les lois de contraction modifient, comme nous le verrons, la désinence surajoutée, rien n’est plus facile que de transformer en verbe thébain un verbe grec.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mdoifient
  • mmodifient
  • moddifient
  • modfiient
  • modifeint
  • modiffient
  • modifiennt
  • modifientt
  • modifietn
  • modifinet
  • modiifent
  • moidfient
  • omdifient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of modifient - 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.

mdoifient2mmodifient1moddifient1modfiient2modifeint2modiffient1modifiennt1modifientt1
Edit distance from "modifient"

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 "modifient"?
"modifient" is spelled M-O-D-I-F-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.di.fi\.
What does "modifient" mean?
As a verb, "modifient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de modifier.
What words are commonly confused with "modifient"?
"modifient" is commonly confused with "modifier", "modifiés", "modifie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "modifient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "modifient" is \mɔ.di.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "modifient" come from?
"modifient" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list