terrifiant

\tɛ.ʁi.fjɑ̃\

/\tɛ.ʁi.fjɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“terrifiant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,574. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,574
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui provoque une réaction de terreur ; qui engendre la terreur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-terrifiant · terrifiant · French

terrifiant · rank #17,574 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,574
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH terminologie

Nearest frequency peer: terminologie (-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 « terrifiant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « terrifiant » 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).

terrifiant vs terrifiante
91% similar
terrifiant vs terrifiants
91% similar

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

Key facts for terrifiant
PropertyValue
Headwordterrifiant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɛ.ʁi.fjɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,574
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « terrifiant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).terrifiantse 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 « terminologie » (#17,573), « than » (#17,575), « tendant » (#17,572). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « terrifiant » est au #17,574. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around terrifiant (IPA \tɛ.ʁi.fjɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,574 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for terrifiant, with forms such as "etrrifiant", "terifiant", and "terirfiant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "terrifiante", "terrifiants", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is terrifiant, spelled T-E-R-R-I-F-I-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui provoque une réaction de terreur ; qui engendre la terreur.
  2. 2
    Qui fait extrêmement peur.
  3. 3
    Qui effraie un peu ; qui est révoltant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les obus sont chargés avec une poudre spéciale appelée lydite, dont les essais ont donné des résultats terrifiants.
  2. Ils étaient d'ailleurs excusables, car ils se trouvaient dans les conditions particulièrement terrifiantes à 780 kilomètres au Nord-Ouest de l'Islande […].

This word in other languages

terrifying(English)terrorífico(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etrrifiant
  • terifiant
  • terirfiant
  • terrfiiant
  • terrifaint
  • terriffiant
  • terrifiannt
  • terrifiantt
  • terrifiatn
  • terrifinat
  • terriifant
  • trerifiant
  • tterrifiant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etrrifiant2terifiant1terirfiant2terrfiiant2terrifaint2terriffiant1terrifiannt1terrifiantt1
Edit distance from "terrifiant"

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 "terrifiant"?
"terrifiant" is spelled T-E-R-R-I-F-I-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛ.ʁi.fjɑ̃\.
What does "terrifiant" mean?
As an adjective, "terrifiant" means: Qui provoque une réaction de terreur ; qui engendre la terreur.
What words are commonly confused with "terrifiant"?
"terrifiant" is commonly confused with "terrifiante", "terrifiants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "terrifiant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terrifiant" is \tɛ.ʁi.fjɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "terrifiant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

Sardaigne13 variantsvisionnaire13 variantsrévélant13 variantsétendent13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list