noyant
\nwa.jɑ̃\
The verdict
“noyant” is uncommon French (frequency #52,868 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,868
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de noyer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-noyant · noyant · French
noyant · rank #52,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,868
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nunavik
Nearest frequency peer: nunavik (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « noyant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- neutralisés
neutralisés
47,137 corpus weight
- noyant
noyant
47,133 corpus weight
- nunavik
nunavik
47,132 corpus weight
- nécrologique
nécrologique
47,131 corpus weight
- négationnis…
négationniste
47,130 corpus weight
- négociées
négociées
47,129 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « noyant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | noyant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \nwa.jɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « noyant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
noyant is uncommon French at frequency #52,868 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \nwa.jɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de noyer.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for noyant, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is noyant, spelled N-O-Y-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de noyer.
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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