rasant

\ʁa.zɑ̃\

/\ʁa.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“rasant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,829. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,829
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui rase.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rasant · rasant · French

rasant · rank #45,829 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,829
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rattachant

Nearest frequency peer: rattachant (+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 « rasant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rasant » 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).

rasant vs riant
67% similar
rasant vs rêvant
67% similar
rasant vs ratent
67% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rasant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rasantse 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 « rattachant » (#45,830), « rechargeables » (#45,831), « remblai » (#45,832). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rasant » est au #45,829. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around rasant (IPA \ʁa.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,829 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rasant, with forms such as "arsant", "raasnt", and "rasannt". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "riant", "rêvant", "ratent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rasant, spelled R-A-S-A-N-T.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La lumière rasante faisait paraître d'un noir intense les nuées qui furent déchirées bientôt par cent autres lumières, lorsque les éclairs les parcoururent.
  2. Sur la physionomie de mes petits-enfants, je lis souvent cette phrase du langage d’aujourd’hui : — Ce qu’il est rasant, tout de même, le vieux…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arsant
  • raasnt
  • rasannt
  • rasantt
  • rasatn
  • rasnat
  • rassant
  • rrasant
  • rsaant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arsant2raasnt2rasannt1rasantt1rasatn2rasnat2rassant1rrasant1
Edit distance from "rasant"

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 "rasant"?
"rasant" is spelled R-A-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.zɑ̃\.
What does "rasant" mean?
As an adjective, "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

qualif#45,824pédant#45,818poseur#45,796pokora#45,790

Similar misspelling depth

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

pudding9 variantssemant9 variantsservage9 variantssibylle9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list