vendant

\vɑ̃.dɑ̃\

/\vɑ̃.dɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“vendant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,533. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,533
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-vendant · vendant · French

vendant · rank #15,533 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,533
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vasculaire

Nearest frequency peer: vasculaire (-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 « vendant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vendant » 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).

vendant vs vendent
86% similar
vendant vs versant
71% similar
vendant vs vendons
71% similar

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

Key facts for vendant
PropertyValue
Headwordvendant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vɑ̃.dɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,533
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vendant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vendantse 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 « vasculaire » (#15,532), « verdure » (#15,534), « vante » (#15,531). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vendant » est au #15,533. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around vendant (IPA \vɑ̃.dɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,533 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de vendre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for vendant, with forms such as "evndant", "vednant", and "venadnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "vendent", "versant", "vendons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is vendant, spelled V-E-N-D-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de vendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si « La garantie des meilleurs tarifs Ne cherchez pas plus loinᵀᴹ de Marriott » a grandement réduit la possibilité, pour ces intermédiaires, d’imposer des tarifs inférieurs à ceux qui sont publiés par les hôtels Marriott, elle ne les empêche pas de continuer d’essayer de « commoditiser » les chambres d’hôtel en les vendant agressivement à des voyageurs et…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evndant
  • vednant
  • venadnt
  • vendannt
  • vendantt
  • vendatn
  • venddant
  • vendnat
  • venndant
  • vnedant
  • vvendant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

evndant2vednant2venadnt2vendannt1vendantt1vendatn2venddant1vendnat2
Edit distance from "vendant"

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 "vendant"?
"vendant" is spelled V-E-N-D-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vɑ̃.dɑ̃\.
What does "vendant" mean?
As a verb, "vendant" means: Participe présent de vendre.
What words are commonly confused with "vendant"?
"vendant" is commonly confused with "vendent", "versant", "vendons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vendant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vendant" is \vɑ̃.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vendant" come from?
"vendant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vendant", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list