occupant

\ɔ.ky.pɑ̃\

/\ɔ.ky.pɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“occupant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,897. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,897
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui occupe un lieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-occupant · occupant · French

occupant · rank #8,897 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,897
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oeuf

Nearest frequency peer: oeuf (+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 « occupant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « occupant » 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).

occupant vs occupent
88% similar
occupant vs occupons
75% similar
occupant vs occupants
89% similar

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

Key facts for occupant
PropertyValue
Headwordoccupant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.ky.pɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,897
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « occupant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).occupantse 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 « oeuf » (#8,898), « Nike » (#8,895), « opère » (#8,899). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « occupant » est au #8,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around occupant (IPA \ɔ.ky.pɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,897 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for occupant, with forms such as "cocupant", "occpuant", and "occuapnt". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "occupent", "occupons", "occupants", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is occupant, spelled O-C-C-U-P-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui occupe un lieu.
  2. 2
    Qui occupe, qui prend du temps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La partie occupante.
  2. C’est une besogne bien occupante.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cocupant
  • occpuant
  • occuapnt
  • occupannt
  • occupantt
  • occupatn
  • occupnat
  • occuppant
  • ocucpant
  • ocupant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cocupant2occpuant2occuapnt2occupannt1occupantt1occupatn2occupnat2occuppant1
Edit distance from "occupant"

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 "occupant"?
"occupant" is spelled O-C-C-U-P-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ky.pɑ̃\.
What does "occupant" mean?
As an adjective, "occupant" means: Qui occupe un lieu.
What words are commonly confused with "occupant"?
"occupant" is commonly confused with "occupent", "occupons", "occupants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "occupant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "occupant" is \ɔ.ky.pɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "occupant" come from?
"occupant" 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 "occupant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

parceque#8,901peintres#8,904miracles#8,889mesdames#8,887

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Molière10 variantspleines10 variantsmatelas10 variantsmanques10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list