saluant
\sa.lɥɑ̃\
The verdict
“saluant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,459. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,459
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de saluer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-saluant · saluant · French
saluant · rank #33,459 · 10 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,459
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH satisfaisantes
Nearest frequency peer: satisfaisantes (+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 « saluant »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- sabatier
sabatier
66,545 corpus weight
- sacrifiée
sacrifiée
66,544 corpus weight
- saluant
saluant
66,542 corpus weight
- satisfaisan…
satisfaisantes
66,541 corpus weight
- satisfaisan…
satisfaisants
66,540 corpus weight
- sculptée
sculptée
66,539 corpus weight
What this shows « saluant » 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 | saluant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sa.lɥɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,459 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « saluant »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around saluant (IPA \sa.lɥɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,459 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de saluer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for saluant, with forms such as "asluant", "salaunt", and "salluant". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "salut", "savant", "sautant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is saluant, spelled S-A-L-U-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de saluer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how saluant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La voiture glisse lentement le long des trottoirs, saluant au passage les hommes à pied qui patrouillent en jonglant avec leur night stick, la grande matraque des veilles nocturnes.
Voilà Lucien gabant, sautillant, léger de bonheur qui débouche sur la terrasse des Feuillants et la parcourt en examinant les promeneurs, les jolies femmes avec leurs adorateurs, les élégants, deux par deux, bras dessus bras dessous, se saluant les uns les autres par un coup d’œil en passant.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asluant
- salaunt
- salluant
- saluannt
- saluantt
- saluatn
- salunat
- saulant
- slauant
- ssaluant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saluant - 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
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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 (10 here; floor ≥5).