perdant
\pɛʁ.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“perdant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,132. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,132
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui perd.
Corpus desk
Index FR-perdant · perdant · French
perdant · rank #8,132 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,132
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH papillon
Nearest frequency peer: papillon (-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 « perdant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- nocturne
nocturne
91,872 corpus weight
- otages
otages
91,871 corpus weight
- papillon
papillon
91,870 corpus weight
- perdant
perdant
91,869 corpus weight
- planificati…
planification
91,868 corpus weight
- préférés
préférés
91,867 corpus weight
What this shows « perdant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perdant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛʁ.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « perdant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around perdant (IPA \pɛʁ.dɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,132 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for perdant, with forms such as "eprdant", "pedrant", and "peradnt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pesant", "persan", "priant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is perdant, spelled P-E-R-D-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Celui qui perd.
- 2Celui qui perd au jeu ou dans un sport.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how perdant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« On y est presque ! Plus que dix mille bornes… se moqua-t-il. Le premier à la porte aura droit à un baiser de la part du perdant ! »
Vainqueur-né, Roger Federer part en perdant magnifique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprdant
- pedrant
- peradnt
- perdannt
- perdantt
- perdatn
- perddant
- perdnat
- perrdant
- pperdant
- predant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perdant - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perdant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).