résidants
\ʁe.zi.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“résidants” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,480
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de résidant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-residants · résidants · French
résidants · rank #40,480 · 15 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,480
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rédigea
Nearest frequency peer: rédigea (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “résidants”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- runes
runes
59,524 corpus weight
- Rungis
Rungis
59,523 corpus weight
- rédigea
rédigea
59,522 corpus weight
- résidants
résidants
59,521 corpus weight
- rétrécir
rétrécir
59,520 corpus weight
- réélue
réélue
59,519 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “résidants” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | résidants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.zi.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “résidants” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around résidants (IPA \ʁe.zi.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,480 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de résidant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for résidants, with forms such as "residants", "rrésidants", and "rséidants". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "restants", "resident", "résidents", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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. The correct French form is résidants, spelled R-É-S-I-D-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de résidant.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- residants
- rrésidants
- rséidants
- réisdants
- résdiants
- résiadnts
- résidannts
- résidanst
- résidantss
- résidantts
- résidatns
- résiddants
- résidnats
- réssidants
- érsidants
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of résidants - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "résidants", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "résidants". Here's where to go from here.
- "résidants" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "restants". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #40,480 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.