parcourant

\paʁ.ku.ʁɑ̃\

/\paʁ.ku.ʁɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“parcourant” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,822. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,822
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-parcourant · parcourant · French

parcourant · rank #18,822 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,822
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH paralysé

Nearest frequency peer: paralysé (-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 « parcourant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « parcourant » 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).

parcourant vs parcourt
80% similar
parcourant vs parcourent
90% similar

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

Key facts for parcourant
PropertyValue
Headwordparcourant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\paʁ.ku.ʁɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#18,822
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « parcourant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).parcourantse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « paralysé » (#18,821), « parental » (#18,823), « paradoxal » (#18,820). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « parcourant » est au #18,822. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around parcourant (IPA \paʁ.ku.ʁɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,822 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de parcourir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for parcourant, with forms such as "aprcourant", "pacrourant", and "parccourant". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "parcourt", "parcourent", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is parcourant, spelled P-A-R-C-O-U-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de parcourir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et à vrai dire, les lieux communs qui se présentent ici à l’exploration apparaissent également à leur tour comme lieux philosophiques dès qu’on cherche à les définir en les parcourant selon la méthode philosophique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprcourant
  • pacrourant
  • parccourant
  • parcoruant
  • parcouarnt
  • parcourannt
  • parcourantt
  • parcouratn
  • parcournat
  • parcourrant
  • parcuorant
  • parocurant
  • parrcourant
  • pparcourant
  • pracourant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aprcourant2pacrourant2parccourant1parcoruant2parcouarnt2parcourannt1parcourantt1parcouratn2
Edit distance from "parcourant"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list