perdant

/\pɛʁ.dɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,132

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

perdant is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celui qui perd. Pronounced \pɛʁ.dɑ̃\. It ranks #8,132 in French word frequency. Often confused with pesant and persan.

Key facts for perdant
PropertyValue
Headwordperdant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.dɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,132
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of perdant in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for perdant is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁ.dɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,132 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for perdant, with forms such as "eprdant", "pedrant", and "peradnt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pesant", "persan", "priant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is perdant, spelled P-E-R-D-A-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui perd.
  2. 2
    Celui qui perd au jeu ou dans un sport.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprdant,pedrant,peradnt,perdannt,perdantt,perdatn,perddant,perdnat,perrdant,pperdant,predant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perdant

Misspelling Variants of "perdant"

eprdant7pedrant7peradnt7perdannt8perdantt8perdatn7perddant8perdnat7
Misspelling Variants of "perdant"

Frequency rank: #8,132 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perdant"?
"perdant" is spelled P-E-R-D-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.dɑ̃\.
What does "perdant" mean?
As a noun, "perdant" means: Celui qui perd.
What words are commonly confused with "perdant"?
"perdant" is commonly confused with "pesant", "persan", "priant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perdant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perdant" is \pɛʁ.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perdant" come from?
"perdant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.