persistant

\pɛʁ.si.stɑ̃\

/\pɛʁ.si.stɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“persistant” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,028. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,028
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui dure, qui résiste, qui demeure inchangé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-persistant · persistant · French

persistant · rank #22,028 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,028
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH percussion

Nearest frequency peer: percussion (-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 « persistant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « persistant » 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).

persistant vs persistent
90% similar
persistant vs persistante
91% similar
persistant vs persistants
91% similar

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

Key facts for persistant
PropertyValue
Headwordpersistant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɛʁ.si.stɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,028
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « persistant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).persistantse 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 « percussion » (#22,027), « Person » (#22,029), « penny » (#22,026). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « persistant » est au #22,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around persistant (IPA \pɛʁ.si.stɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,028 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for persistant, with forms such as "eprsistant", "perisstant", and "perrsistant". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "persistent", "persistante", "persistants", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is persistant, spelled P-E-R-S-I-S-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui dure, qui résiste, qui demeure inchangé.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un organe qui reste en place, et particulièrement le calice qui subsiste lorsque la fleur est flétrie, les feuilles qui ne tombent pas en automne, des stipules qui restent après la chute des feuilles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La collection des vice-présidents des États-Unis, qu'il avait décrite avec tant d'exactitude, formait une image persistante.
  2. De persistantes rumeurs de guerre. On n’achète plus un livre sans se demander si l’on aura le temps de le lire, […]

Antonyms

caducmarcescent

This word in other languages

lingering(English)persistente(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eprsistant
  • perisstant
  • perrsistant
  • persisatnt
  • persisstant
  • persistannt
  • persistantt
  • persistatn
  • persistnat
  • persisttant
  • persitsant
  • perssistant
  • perssitant
  • pesristant
  • ppersistant
  • presistant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eprsistant2perisstant2perrsistant1persisatnt2persisstant1persistannt1persistantt1persistatn2
Edit distance from "persistant"

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 "persistant"?
"persistant" is spelled P-E-R-S-I-S-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.si.stɑ̃\.
What does "persistant" mean?
As an adjective, "persistant" means: Qui dure, qui résiste, qui demeure inchangé.
What words are commonly confused with "persistant"?
"persistant" is commonly confused with "persistent", "persistante", "persistants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "persistant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "persistant" is \pɛʁ.si.stɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "persistant" come from?
"persistant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

percussion#22,027oligarchie#22,020objections#22,018prétendait#22,045

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

regardaient16 variantslieutenants16 variantsrenforçant16 variantsridiculiser16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list