notant

\nɔ.tɑ̃\

/\nɔ.tɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“notant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,813. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,813
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-notant · notant · French

notant · rank #26,813 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,813
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Norton

Nearest frequency peer: Norton (-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 « notant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « notant » 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).

notant vs notons
67% similar
notant vs notent
83% similar
notant vs nota
67% similar

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

Key facts for notant
PropertyValue
Headwordnotant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nɔ.tɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#26,813
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « notant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.notantse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Norton » (#26,812), « observait » (#26,815), « nestor » (#26,810). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « notant » est au #26,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around notant (IPA \nɔ.tɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,813 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de noter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for notant, with forms such as "nnotant", "noatnt", and "notannt". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "notons", "notent", "nota", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 notant, spelled N-O-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de noter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais elle avait écrit aussi qu’il était vieux et las, qu’elle-même aimait le plaisir, tout en notant, passim, que le moine, de mœurs paillardes, était le fort jeune cadet de son époux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nnotant
  • noatnt
  • notannt
  • notantt
  • notatn
  • notnat
  • nottant
  • ntoant
  • ontant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of notant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

nnotant1noatnt2notannt1notantt1notatn2notnat2nottant1ntoant2
Edit distance from "notant"

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 "notant"?
"notant" is spelled N-O-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.tɑ̃\.
What does "notant" mean?
As a verb, "notant" means: Participe présent de noter.
What words are commonly confused with "notant"?
"notant" is commonly confused with "notons", "notent", "nota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "notant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "notant" is \nɔ.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "notant" come from?
"notant" 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 "notant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Norton#26,812nestor#26,810mécène#26,807marcos#26,794

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

mouture9 variantsreliure9 variantsrevoilà9 variantsserrant9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list