régnant
The verdict
“régnant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,527. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,527
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui règne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-regnant · régnant · French
régnant · rank #29,527 · 12 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,527
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH répandent
Nearest frequency peer: répandent (+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 « régnant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Ruffin
Ruffin
70,477 corpus weight
- réfectoire
réfectoire
70,476 corpus weight
- régnant
régnant
70,474 corpus weight
- répandent
répandent
70,473 corpus weight
- réquisition
réquisition
70,472 corpus weight
- réservent
réservent
70,471 corpus weight
What this shows « régnant » 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 | régnant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « régnant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around régnant, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,527 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for régnant, with forms such as "regnant", "rgénant", and "rrégnant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "renan", "renaît", "rêvant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is régnant, spelled R-É-G-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui règne.
- 2Désigne, souvent ironiquement, qui est à la tête d’un pays, d’une entreprise, etc.
- 3Qualifie la dynastie, la maison, la famille, etc., dont le chef règne.
- 4Qui domine, en parlant des choses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how régnant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans bien des cas, la coutume régionale et la pratique traditionnelle préislamique, combiné à la volonté arbitraire du potentat régnant, sont devenues la base légale du gouvernement.
Et du même coup me voici rendu à Paris, 18, rue de Fleurus, VIᵉ arrondissement, Armand Fallières étant président de la République ; mais l’affaire dont je vais traiter se passe en 1930 ; Gaston Doumergue régnant.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- regnant
- rgénant
- rrégnant
- régannt
- réggnant
- régnannt
- régnantt
- régnatn
- régnnant
- régnnat
- réngant
- érgnant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of régnant - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "régnant", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).