pesant

\pə.zɑ̃\

/\pə.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“pesant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,097
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 a du poids, qui est soumis à la force de la pesanteur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pesant · pesant · French

pesant · rank #11,097 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,097
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH passionnés

Nearest frequency peer: passionnés (-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 « pesant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pesant » 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).

pesant vs plant
67% similar
pesant vs puant
67% similar
pesant vs posent
67% similar

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

Key facts for pesant
PropertyValue
Headwordpesant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pə.zɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,097
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pesant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pesantse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « passionnés » (#11,096), « philosophes » (#11,098), « passerelle » (#11,095). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pesant » est au #11,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pesant (IPA \pə.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,097 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pesant, with forms such as "epsant", "peasnt", and "pesannt". 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", "puant", "posent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is pesant, spelled P-E-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a du poids, qui est soumis à la force de la pesanteur.
  2. 2
    Qui est lourd.
  3. 3
    Où l’on éprouve un sentiment de pesanteur.
  4. 4
    Ennuyeux, un peu bête. En parlant de l’esprit, du discours, du style, etc., Qui manque de vivacité, de légèreté, de grâce.
  5. 5
    Qui est tardif, lent.
  6. 6
    Qui est onéreux, fâcheux, fatigant, incommode.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tous les corps sont pesants.
  2. Les étriers, larges et pesants, sont attachés à des anneaux de fer au moyen d’étrivières très courtes en soie ou en lanières de cuir tressées.

Antonyms

légervif

This word in other languages

heavy(English)pesado(Español)schwer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epsant
  • peasnt
  • pesannt
  • pesantt
  • pesatn
  • pesnat
  • pessant
  • ppesant
  • pseant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pesant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

epsant2peasnt2pesannt1pesantt1pesatn2pesnat2pessant1ppesant1
Edit distance from "pesant"

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 "pesant"?
"pesant" is spelled P-E-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \pə.zɑ̃\.
What does "pesant" mean?
As an adjective, "pesant" means: Qui a du poids, qui est soumis à la force de la pesanteur.
What words are commonly confused with "pesant"?
"pesant" is commonly confused with "plant", "puant", "posent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pesant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pesant" is \pə.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pesant" come from?
"pesant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

plongé#11,101Prague#11,105lampes#11,079hébreu#11,068

Similar misspelling depth

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

Parodie9 variantspolaire9 variantsrondes9 variantsHarold9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list