scrutant
\skʁy.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“scrutant” is uncommon French (frequency #61,134 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,134
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de scruter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scrutant · scrutant · French
scrutant · rank #61,134 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,134
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scrum
Nearest frequency peer: scrum (-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 « scrutant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- scintillant
scintillant
38,870 corpus weight
- screenshots
screenshots
38,869 corpus weight
- scrum
scrum
38,868 corpus weight
- scrutant
scrutant
38,867 corpus weight
- scélérats
scélérats
38,866 corpus weight
- Seamus
Seamus
38,865 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scrutant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scrutant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \skʁy.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #61,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scrutant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scrutant is uncommon French at frequency #61,134 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \skʁy.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de scruter.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scrutant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is scrutant, spelled S-C-R-U-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de scruter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how scrutant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi, d’après une enquête publiée en janvier pas 60 millions de consommateurs, en scrutant les promotions mises en avant sur 63 produits, il a été observé plusieurs anomalies sur les ristournes promises par les enseignes étudiées (Lidl, Auchan, Carrefour, E.Leclerc, Intermarché et U Express.
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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