sortant

\sɔʁ.tɑ̃\

/\sɔʁ.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“sortant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,642. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,642
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-sortant · sortant · French

sortant · rank #3,642 · 11 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,642
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH servent

Nearest frequency peer: servent (-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 « sortant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sortant » 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).

sortant vs sortent
86% similar
sortant vs sortons
71% similar
sortant vs surfant
71% similar

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

Key facts for sortant
PropertyValue
Headwordsortant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɔʁ.tɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,642
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sortant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sortantse 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 « servent » (#3,641), « souffrir » (#3,643), « serez » (#3,640). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sortant » est au #3,642. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sortant (IPA \sɔʁ.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,642 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sortant, with forms such as "osrtant", "soratnt", and "sorrtant". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "sortent", "sortons", "surfant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sortant, spelled S-O-R-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui sort.
  2. 2
    Qui termine un mandat électif, et doit être remplacé ou réélu.
  3. 3
    Qualifie un angle plus petit qu’un angle plat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Numéros sortants, Les numéros gagnants au tirage d’une loterie.
  2. En ouvrant la séance, M. Hibon, président sortant, adresse ses remerciements pour le grand honneur, qui, dit-il, fut fait à un amateur de présider les travaux de la Société en 1936, puis il prie M. Allorge de lui succéder au fauteuil présidentiel.

Synonyms

saillant

Antonyms

rentrant

This word in other languages

outgoing(English)saliente(Español)scheidend(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osrtant
  • soratnt
  • sorrtant
  • sortannt
  • sortantt
  • sortatn
  • sortnat
  • sorttant
  • sotrant
  • srotant
  • ssortant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sortant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osrtant2soratnt2sorrtant1sortannt1sortantt1sortatn2sortnat2sorttant1
Edit distance from "sortant"

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 "sortant"?
"sortant" is spelled S-O-R-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁ.tɑ̃\.
What does "sortant" mean?
As an adjective, "sortant" means: Qui sort.
What words are commonly confused with "sortant"?
"sortant" is commonly confused with "sortent", "sortons", "surfant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sortant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sortant" is \sɔʁ.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sortant" come from?
"sortant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

servent#3,641soutenu#3,644Pologne#3,633accords#3,656

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

relative11 variantstournage11 variantsapparence11 variantsmodifier11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list