rasant

/\ʁa.zɑ̃\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,829

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

rasant is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui rase. Pronounced \ʁa.zɑ̃\. Often confused with riant and rêvant.

Key facts for rasant
PropertyValue
Headwordrasant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʁa.zɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,829
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rasant in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rasant is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁa.zɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,829 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for rasant, with forms such as "arsant", "raasnt", and "rasannt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "riant", "rêvant", "ratent", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rasant, spelled R-A-S-A-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui rase.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une ligne de défense qui, partant du flanc d’un bastion, se trouve être dans la direction de la face du bastion voisin.
  3. 3
    Qualifie le flanc d’où part cette ligne.
  4. 4
    Qualifie les coups de canon qu’on tire dans la direction de cette ligne.
  5. 5
    Qualifie un tir dirigé, dans la mesure du possible, parallèlement au profil du terrain.
  6. 6
    Qualifie la vue qui s’étend sur un pays uni.
  7. 7
    Qui est ennuyeux par son bavardage.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arsant,raasnt,rasannt,rasantt,rasatn,rasnat,rassant,rrasant,rsaant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rasant

Misspelling Variants of "rasant"

arsant6raasnt6rasannt7rasantt7rasatn6rasnat6rassant7rrasant7
Misspelling Variants of "rasant"

Frequency rank: #45,829 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rasant"?
"rasant" is spelled R-A-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.zɑ̃\.
What does "rasant" mean?
As an adj, "rasant" means: Qui rase.
What words are commonly confused with "rasant"?
"rasant" is commonly confused with "riant", "rêvant", "ratent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rasant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rasant" is \ʁa.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rasant" come from?
"rasant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.