semant

\sə.mɑ̃\

/\sə.mɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“semant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,868. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,868
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de semer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-semant · semant · French

semant · rank #45,868 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,868
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH semés

Nearest frequency peer: semés (+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 « semant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « semant » 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).

semant vs sent
67% similar
semant vs smart
67% similar
semant vs senat
67% similar

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

Key facts for semant
PropertyValue
Headwordsemant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sə.mɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,868
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « semant »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « semés » (#45,869), « scoutisme » (#45,866), « septentrionales » (#45,870). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « semant » est au #45,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around semant (IPA \sə.mɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,868 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de semer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for semant, with forms such as "esmant", "seamnt", and "semannt". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "sent", "smart", "senat", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is semant, spelled S-E-M-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de semer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Immobile, la machine de l’express perdait par une soupape un grand jet de vapeur qui montait dans tout ce noir, où elle s’effiloquait en petites fumées, semant de larmes blanches le deuil sans bornes tendu au ciel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esmant
  • seamnt
  • semannt
  • semantt
  • sematn
  • semmant
  • semnat
  • smeant
  • ssemant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esmant2seamnt2semannt1semantt1sematn2semmant1semnat2smeant2
Edit distance from "semant"

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 "semant"?
"semant" is spelled S-E-M-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.mɑ̃\.
What does "semant" mean?
As a verb, "semant" means: Participe présent de semer.
What words are commonly confused with "semant"?
"semant" is commonly confused with "sent", "smart", "senat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "semant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "semant" is \sə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "semant" come from?
"semant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sexual#45,873sirops#45,878rasant#45,829qualif#45,824

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

servage9 variantssibylle9 variantssoutane9 variantspudding9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list