spontané

\spɔ̃.ta.ne\

/\spɔ̃.ta.ne\/ adj

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The verdict

“spontané” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,993. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,993
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que l’on fait de soi-même, de façon autonome.

Corpus desk

Index FR-spontane · spontané · French

spontané · rank #19,993 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,993
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sochaux

Nearest frequency peer: Sochaux (-2 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 « spontané »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « spontané » 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).

spontané vs spontanée
89% similar
spontané vs spontanés
89% similar
spontané vs spontanées
80% similar

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

Key facts for spontané
PropertyValue
Headwordspontané
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\spɔ̃.ta.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,993
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « spontané »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).spontanése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Sochaux » (#19,991), « stupidité » (#19,995), « sit » (#19,990). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « spontané » est au #19,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around spontané (IPA \spɔ̃.ta.ne\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,993 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for spontané, with forms such as "psontané", "sopntané", and "spnotané". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "spontanée", "spontanés", "spontanées", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is spontané, spelled S-P-O-N-T-A-N-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que l’on fait de soi-même, de façon autonome.
  2. 2
    Que l’on fait de soi-même et de premier mouvement, sans réflexion ni délai.
  3. 3
    Qualifie les mouvements qui s’exécutent d’eux-mêmes ou sans cause extérieure apparente.
  4. 4
    Qualifie une évolution de maladie qui n’est pas provoquée par un remède.
  5. 5
    Qualifie une plante poussant naturellement dans la région où on la rencontre, sans être semée par l’homme, ni cultivée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En aval de la mosquée, un troupeau de prostituées, commandées de service par le pacha, nous salua de grêles you-yous destinés à nous donner l’illusion d’une manifestation spontanée des femmes de Fez.
  2. Faire des aveux spontanés.

This word in other languages

spontaneous(English)espontáneo(Español)spontan(Deutsch)espontâneo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • psontané
  • sopntané
  • spnotané
  • sponatné
  • sponntané
  • spontane
  • spontanné
  • spontaén
  • spontnaé
  • sponttané
  • spotnané
  • sppontané
  • sspontané

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spontané - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

psontané2sopntané2spnotané2sponatné2sponntané1spontane1spontanné1spontaén2
Edit distance from "spontané"

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 "spontané"?
"spontané" is spelled S-P-O-N-T-A-N-É. The IPA pronunciation is \spɔ̃.ta.ne\.
What does "spontané" mean?
As an adjective, "spontané" means: Que l’on fait de soi-même, de façon autonome.
What words are commonly confused with "spontané"?
"spontané" is commonly confused with "spontanée", "spontanés", "spontanées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "spontané"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spontané" is \spɔ̃.ta.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spontané" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

surpoids#20,000sagement#19,984rétablie#19,980timidité#20,006

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

sentinelle13 variantsréédition13 variantstreizième13 variantsreconduit13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list