resplendissant

\ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɑ̃\

/\ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“resplendissant” is uncommon French (frequency #62,588 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,588
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-resplendissant · resplendissant · French

resplendissant · rank #62,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,588
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH respirons

Nearest frequency peer: respirons (-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 « resplendissant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « resplendissant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for resplendissant
PropertyValue
Headwordresplendissant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɑ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#62,588
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « resplendissant » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.resplendissanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « respirons » (#62,587), « restreignent » (#62,589), « republié » (#62,585). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « resplendissant » est au #62,588. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

resplendissant is uncommon French at frequency #62,588 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui resplendit.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for resplendissant, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is resplendissant, spelled R-E-S-P-L-E-N-D-I-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui resplendit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Emeraudes Occidentales sont ordinairement beaucoup plus grosses que les Orientales : on en trouve qui surpassent en largeur la paume de la main. On doit choisir les plus dures, les plus belles, & les plus resplendissantes.
  2. Vous ne sentez pas, sous les berceaux de clématite où vous méditez sur les poésies, l’odeur du cigare qui dépoétise les manuscrits ; de même qu’en allant au bal, parée des œuvres resplendissantes du joailler, vous ne pensez pas aux bras nerveux, aux ouvriers en veste, aux ignobles ateliers d’où s’élancent, radieuses, ces fleurs du travail.

This word in other languages

resplendent(English)resplandeciente(Español)blendend(Deutsch)

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 "resplendissant"?
"resplendissant" is spelled R-E-S-P-L-E-N-D-I-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɑ̃\.
What does "resplendissant" mean?
As an adjective, "resplendissant" means: Qui resplendit.
How do you pronounce "resplendissant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "resplendissant" is \ʁɛs.plɑ̃.di.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "resplendissant" come from?
"resplendissant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

revendiquaient#62,592souverainement#62,642structuralisme#62,649superficialité#62,655

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list