payant

\pɛ.jɑ̃\

/\pɛ.jɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“payant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,225
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui paie : qui doit payer pour bénéficier du service.

Corpus desk

Index FR-payant · payant · French

payant · rank #6,225 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,225
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH patrie

Nearest frequency peer: patrie (-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 « payant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « payant » 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).

payant vs plant
67% similar
payant vs Payne
50% similar
payant vs Payet
50% similar

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

Key facts for payant
PropertyValue
Headwordpayant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɛ.jɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,225
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « payant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).payantse 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 « patrie » (#6,224), « porto » (#6,226), « opérateurs » (#6,223). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « payant » est au #6,225. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around payant (IPA \pɛ.jɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,225 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for payant, with forms such as "apyant", "paaynt", and "payannt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "plant", "Payne", "Payet", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 payant, spelled P-A-Y-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui paie : qui doit payer pour bénéficier du service.
  2. 2
    Pour lequel on doit payer, non gratuit.
  3. 3
    Qui paie : lucratif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De dix que nous étions à ce dîner, il n’y avait que quatre personnes payantes.
  2. Cette école n'accueille que des élèves payants.

Antonyms

gratuit

This word in other languages

paying(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apyant
  • paaynt
  • payannt
  • payantt
  • payatn
  • paynat
  • payyant
  • ppayant
  • pyaant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apyant2paaynt2payannt1payantt1payatn2paynat2payyant1ppayant1
Edit distance from "payant"

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 "payant"?
"payant" is spelled P-A-Y-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ.jɑ̃\.
What does "payant" mean?
As an adjective, "payant" means: Qui paie : qui doit payer pour bénéficier du service.
What words are commonly confused with "payant"?
"payant" is commonly confused with "plant", "Payne", "Payet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "payant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "payant" is \pɛ.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "payant" come from?
"payant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

patrie#6,224pourri#6,227nommée#6,220restés#6,231

Similar misspelling depth

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

renvoie9 variantssachez9 variantslarges9 variantsserons9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list