tombant

\tɔ̃.bɑ̃\

/\tɔ̃.bɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“tombant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,272. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,272
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-tombant · tombant · French

tombant · rank #15,272 · 11 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,272
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH today

Nearest frequency peer: today (-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 « tombant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « tombant » 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).

tombant vs tombent
86% similar
tombant vs tombons
71% similar
tombant vs tordant
71% similar

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

Key facts for tombant
PropertyValue
Headwordtombant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tɔ̃.bɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,272
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tombant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tombantse 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 « today » (#15,271), « tot » (#15,273), « touchées » (#15,274). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tombant » est au #15,272. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around tombant (IPA \tɔ̃.bɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,272 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for tombant, with forms such as "otmbant", "tmobant", and "tobmant". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "tombent", "tombons", "tordant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 tombant, spelled T-O-M-B-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui tombe, qui pend.
  2. 2
    Qualifie des cheveux longs qu’on laisse pendre.
  3. 3
    Qui décline, en parlant du jour.
  4. 4
    Se dit des armes (javelots, flèches, épées…) qui sont représentés pointe en bas contrairement à l’ordinaire. Pour les autres meubles, on dira plutôt renversé ou versé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les tiges de cette plante sont grêles et tombantes.
  2. La paupière gauche était tombante, recouvrait presque tout le globe de l’œil.

This word in other languages

falling(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otmbant
  • tmobant
  • tobmant
  • tomabnt
  • tombannt
  • tombantt
  • tombatn
  • tombbant
  • tombnat
  • tommbant
  • ttombant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

otmbant2tmobant2tobmant2tomabnt2tombannt1tombantt1tombatn2tombbant1
Edit distance from "tombant"

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 "tombant"?
"tombant" is spelled T-O-M-B-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ̃.bɑ̃\.
What does "tombant" mean?
As an adjective, "tombant" means: Qui tombe, qui pend.
What words are commonly confused with "tombant"?
"tombant" is commonly confused with "tombent", "tombons", "tordant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tombant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tombant" is \tɔ̃.bɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tombant" come from?
"tombant" 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 "tombant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list