sympathisant

\sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɑ̃\

/\sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“sympathisant” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,060. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,060
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de la sympathie avec.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sympathisant · sympathisant · French

sympathisant · rank #38,060 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #38,060
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sursauter

Nearest frequency peer: sursauter (-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 « sympathisant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sympathisant » 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).

sympathisant vs sympathisants
92% similar

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

Key facts for sympathisant
PropertyValue
Headwordsympathisant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#38,060
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sympathisant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sympathisantse 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 « sursauter » (#38,059), « sync » (#38,061), « Suresnes » (#38,058). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sympathisant » est au #38,060. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around sympathisant (IPA \sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,060 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a de la sympathie avec.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for sympathisant, with forms such as "smypathisant", "ssympathisant", and "symapthisant". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sympathisants", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sympathisant, spelled S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a de la sympathie avec.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Des âmes sympathisantes.

This word in other languages

simpatizante(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • smypathisant
  • ssympathisant
  • symapthisant
  • symmpathisant
  • sympahtisant
  • sympathhisant
  • sympathiasnt
  • sympathisannt
  • sympathisantt
  • sympathisatn
  • sympathisnat
  • sympathissant
  • sympathsiant
  • sympatihsant
  • sympatthisant
  • symppathisant
  • symptahisant
  • sypmathisant
  • syympathisant
  • ysmpathisant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

smypathisant2ssympathisant1symapthisant2symmpathisant1sympahtisant2sympathhisant1sympathiasnt2sympathisannt1
Edit distance from "sympathisant"

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 "sympathisant"?
"sympathisant" is spelled S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɑ̃\.
What does "sympathisant" mean?
As an adjective, "sympathisant" means: Qui a de la sympathie avec.
What words are commonly confused with "sympathisant"?
"sympathisant" is commonly confused with "sympathisants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sympathisant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sympathisant" is \sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sympathisant" come from?
"sympathisant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

synchroniser#38,062synchronisée#38,063transcendant#38,075transmettant#38,076

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

surendettement20 variantsreproducteurs20 variantspsychotropes20 variantsphotographiée20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list