persistance

\pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃s\

/\pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“persistance” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,018. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,018
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est persistant ; action de persister.

Corpus desk

Index FR-persistance · persistance · French

persistance · rank #18,018 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,018
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH performants

Nearest frequency peer: performants (-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 « persistance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « persistance » 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).

persistance vs persistant
82% similar
persistance vs persistante
91% similar
persistance vs persistants
82% similar

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

Key facts for persistance
PropertyValue
Headwordpersistance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃s\
Letters11
Frequency rank#18,018
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « persistance »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « performants » (#18,017), « Peterson » (#18,019), « perce » (#18,016). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « persistance » est au #18,018. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around persistance (IPA \pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,018 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for persistance, with forms such as "eprsistance", "perisstance", and "perrsistance". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "persistant", "persistante", "persistants", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is persistance, spelled P-E-R-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité de ce qui est persistant ; action de persister.
  2. 2
    Mécanisme consistant à sauvegarder les données d’un programme au-delà de sa période d’exécution, afin que le programme puisse les réutiliser lors d’une future exécution.
  3. 3
    Propriété d’un nombre entier de générer un nouveau (donc différent) nombre entier après une transformation mathématique donnée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le curé de Gross-Aspern nous introduisit dans ce fameux cimetière où Français et Autrichiens se battirent ayant du sang jusqu’à mi-jambe, avec un courage et une persistance également glorieuses de part et d'autre.
  2. Oui, comment l’expliquez-vous? demanda le docteur, car enfin, quelle que soit la persistance de la vie, vous n’admettez pas qu’au bout de deux heures une tête coupée parle, regarde, agisse.

This word in other languages

persistence(English)persistencia(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprsistance
  • perisstance
  • perrsistance
  • persisatnce
  • persisstance
  • persistacne
  • persistancce
  • persistanec
  • persistannce
  • persistnace
  • persisttance
  • persitsance
  • perssistance
  • perssitance
  • pesristance
  • ppersistance
  • presistance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eprsistance2perisstance2perrsistance1persisatnce2persisstance1persistacne2persistancce1persistanec2
Edit distance from "persistance"

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 "persistance"?
"persistance" is spelled P-E-R-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃s\.
What does "persistance" mean?
As a noun, "persistance" means: Qualité de ce qui est persistant ; action de persister.
What words are commonly confused with "persistance"?
"persistance" is commonly confused with "persistant", "persistante", "persistants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "persistance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "persistance" is \pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "persistance" come from?
"persistance" 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 "persistance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

performants#18,017prédictions#18,028navigateurs#18,007prétentieux#18,030

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

milliardaires17 variantsrépubliques17 variantsinstantanée17 variantsségrégation17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list