trempant

\tʁɑ̃.pɑ̃\

/\tʁɑ̃.pɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“trempant” is uncommon French (frequency #88,185 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,185
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de tremper.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trempant · trempant · French

trempant · rank #88,185 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,185
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH transparences

Nearest frequency peer: transparences (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « trempant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « trempant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trempant
PropertyValue
Headwordtrempant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tʁɑ̃.pɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,185
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « trempant » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).trempanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « transparences » (#88,184), « tria » (#88,186), « translator » (#88,183). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trempant » est au #88,185. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trempant is uncommon French at frequency #88,185 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \tʁɑ̃.pɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de tremper.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for trempant in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is trempant, spelled T-R-E-M-P-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de tremper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Prenez 500 gr. de pâte à baba, déjà levée, rompez-la et avec elle emplissez à moitié des petits moules à baba beurrés, rangez les moules sur des plaques, faites lever la pâte jusqu’à la hauteur des bords et cuisez-les à four chaud; en les sortant du four, siropez les gâteaux avec un sirop au Madère chaud ou au rhum, en les trempant entièrement, et faites-…

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 "trempant"?
"trempant" is spelled T-R-E-M-P-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɑ̃.pɑ̃\.
What does "trempant" mean?
As a verb, "trempant" means: Participe présent de tremper.
How do you pronounce "trempant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trempant" is \tʁɑ̃.pɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list