probant
\pʁɔ.bɑ̃\
The verdict
“probant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,265
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans une enquête familiale sur une maladie génétique, nom donné au sujet initial de l'enquête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-probant · probant · French
probant · rank #34,265 · 11 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,265
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH primeur
Nearest frequency peer: primeur (-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 « probant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- PRG
PRG
65,739 corpus weight
- Primat
Primat
65,738 corpus weight
- primeur
primeur
65,737 corpus weight
- probant
probant
65,736 corpus weight
- progress
progress
65,735 corpus weight
- projetées
projetées
65,734 corpus weight
What this shows « probant » 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 | probant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.bɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « probant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around probant (IPA \pʁɔ.bɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,265 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dans une enquête familiale sur une maladie génétique, nom donné au sujet initial de l'enquête.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for probant, with forms such as "porbant", "pprobant", and "prboant". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "profane", "prônant", "prônent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is probant, spelled P-R-O-B-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Dans une enquête familiale sur une maladie génétique, nom donné au sujet initial de l'enquête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how probant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le probant est indemne, mais deux proches parents sont atteints (père ou mère, un ou plusieurs frères ou sœurs) ou un proche parent et un autre membre de la famille.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porbant
- pprobant
- prboant
- proabnt
- probannt
- probantt
- probatn
- probbant
- probnat
- prrobant
- rpobant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of probant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "probant"?
What does "probant" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "probant"?
How do you pronounce "probant"?
What language does "probant" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "probant", 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).