tolérant

\tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃\

/\tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“tolérant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,839
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tolerant · tolérant · French

tolérant · rank #25,839 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,839
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tobias

Nearest frequency peer: Tobias (-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 « tolérant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tolérant » 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).

tolérant vs tolèrent
75% similar
tolérant vs tolérante
89% similar
tolérant vs tolérants
89% similar

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

Key facts for tolérant
PropertyValue
Headwordtolérant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,839
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tolérant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tolérantse 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 « Tobias » (#25,838), « trafiquant » (#25,840), « TITO » (#25,837). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tolérant » est au #25,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around tolérant (IPA \tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,839 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 tolérant, with forms such as "otlérant", "tloérant", and "tolerant". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tolèrent", "tolérante", "tolérants", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 tolérant, spelled T-O-L-É-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui tolère.
  2. 2
    Homme indulgent dans le commerce de la vie.
  3. 3
    Se dit particulièrement en matière de religion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est fort tolérant de son naturel.
  2. Il a l'esprit large, ouvert et tolérant comme s'il avait fait deux fois le tour du monde.

Antonyms

intolérant

This word in other languages

tolerant(English)tolerant(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otlérant
  • tloérant
  • tolerant
  • tollérant
  • tolréant
  • toléarnt
  • tolérannt
  • tolérantt
  • tolératn
  • tolérnat
  • tolérrant
  • toélrant
  • ttolérant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

otlérant2tloérant2tolerant1tollérant1tolréant2toléarnt2tolérannt1tolérantt1
Edit distance from "tolérant"

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 "tolérant"?
"tolérant" is spelled T-O-L-É-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "tolérant" mean?
As an adjective, "tolérant" means: Qui tolère.
What words are commonly confused with "tolérant"?
"tolérant" is commonly confused with "tolèrent", "tolérante", "tolérants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tolérant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tolérant" is \tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tolérant" come from?
"tolérant" 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 "tolérant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

verbales#25,848versants#25,849volatile#25,852submergé#25,824

Similar misspelling depth

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

vocations13 variantsacheminer13 variantsapprochait13 variantsregardés13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list