traçant
\tʁa.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“traçant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,238
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui trace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tracant · traçant · French
traçant · rank #48,238 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,238
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH travelling
Nearest frequency peer: travelling (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “traçant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- transgresser
transgresser
51,766 corpus weight
- trapu
trapu
51,765 corpus weight
- travelling
travelling
51,764 corpus weight
- traçant
traçant
51,763 corpus weight
- tribaux
tribaux
51,761 corpus weight
- troublantes
troublantes
51,760 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “traçant” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | traçant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tʁa.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “traçant” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around traçant (IPA \tʁa.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,238 among 164,488 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for traçant, with forms such as "rtaçant", "tarçant", and "traaçnt". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "tract", "tracas", "Trajan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is traçant, spelled T-R-A-Ç-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui trace.
- 2Qualifie la ou les racine(s) d’arbre ou de plante qui s’étendent horizontalement, par opposition à pivotant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how traçant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est le cas de certains pruniers, cognassiers ou pommiers à fruits de qualité quelconque, mais à bois rigide et enracinement traçant (dont la racine s’étend horizontalement entre deux terres).
Pour la majorité des arbres en effet, 50 à 80% de l'appareil racinaire s'installe et s'étale à l'horizontale dans les couches superficielles du sol (on parle de « racines traçantes »), à savoir les tout premiers 30 centimètres seulement.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtaçant
- tarçant
- traaçnt
- tracant
- traçannt
- traçantt
- traçatn
- traçnat
- trraçant
- trçaant
- ttraçant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of traçant - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "traçant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.