ratant
\ʁa.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“ratant” is uncommon French (frequency #68,601 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,601
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de rater.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ratant · ratant · French
ratant · rank #68,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,601
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rapprochons
Nearest frequency peer: rapprochons (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « ratant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Randal
Randal
31,403 corpus weight
- rapprochons
rapprochons
31,401 corpus weight
- ratant
ratant
31,400 corpus weight
- reblochon
reblochon
31,399 corpus weight
- rebuté
rebuté
31,398 corpus weight
- reconfigurer
reconfigurer
31,397 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ratant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ratant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ratant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ratant is uncommon French at frequency #68,601 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de rater.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ratant in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ratant, spelled R-A-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de rater.
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.
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