saillants

\sa.jɑ̃\

/\sa.jɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“saillants” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,250. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,250
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de saillant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saillants · saillants · French

saillants · rank #31,250 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,250
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sacramento

Nearest frequency peer: sacramento (-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 « saillants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « saillants » 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).

saillants vs sanglants
78% similar
saillants vs saillant
89% similar

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

Key facts for saillants
PropertyValue
Headwordsaillants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sa.jɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,250
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saillants »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.saillantsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sacramento » (#31,249), « sachiez » (#31,248), « sana » (#31,252). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saillants » est au #31,250. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around saillants (IPA \sa.jɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,250 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de saillant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for saillants, with forms such as "asillants", "sailalnts", and "sailants". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sanglants", "saillant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is saillants, spelled S-A-I-L-L-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de saillant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le cheval tire péniblement votre famille ; hélas ! vous n’avez plus aucun amour-propre, en lui voyant les flancs rentrés, et deux os saillants aux deux côtés du ventre ; son poil est moutonné par la sueur sortie et séchée à plusieurs reprises, qui, non moins que la poussière, a gommé, collé, hirsuté le poil de sa robe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asillants
  • sailalnts
  • sailants
  • saillannts
  • saillanst
  • saillantss
  • saillantts
  • saillatns
  • saillnats
  • salilants
  • siallants
  • ssaillants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

asillants2sailalnts2sailants1saillannts1saillanst2saillantss1saillantts1saillatns2
Edit distance from "saillants"

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 "saillants"?
"saillants" is spelled S-A-I-L-L-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.jɑ̃\.
What does "saillants" mean?
As an adjective, "saillants" means: Masculin pluriel de saillant.
What words are commonly confused with "saillants"?
"saillants" is commonly confused with "sanglants", "saillant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "saillants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saillants" is \sa.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saillants" come from?
"saillants" 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 "saillants", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

répugnant#31,242réalisait#31,236stigmates#31,268surprends#31,273

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

together12 variantsreculons12 variantsrayonnant12 variantsvertueuse12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list