Which to use
“atteignaient” and “atteignant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,752
- “atteignaient” frequency rank
- #12,908
- “atteignant” frequency rank
- 55660
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | atteignaient | atteignant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de atteindre. | Participe présent de atteindre. |
Where the eye mixes atteignaient and atteignant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. atteignaient runs 12 letters (VCCVVCCVVVCC) against atteignant's 10 (VCCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: atteignaient vs atteignant
A purely visual mix-up. atteignaient (\a.tɛ.ɲɛ\) and atteignant (\a.tɛ.ɲɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
atteignaient is recorded at frequency rank #42,752, classified as averb, pronounced \a.tɛ.ɲɛ\. atteignant is at rank #12,908, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.tɛ.ɲɑ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 55660, this pair ranks #126,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of atteignaient vs atteignant
Shared letters: aegint. Private to "atteignaient": -. Private to "atteignant": -.
"atteignaient" · 12 letters · shape VCCVVCCVVVCC · "atteignant" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- atteignaient ← ateignaient · atetignaient · atteginaient · atteiganient · atteiggnaient · atteignaeint · atteignaiennt · atteignaientt
- atteignant ← ateignant · atetignant · atteginant · atteigannt · atteiggnant · atteignannt · atteignantt · atteignatn
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "atteignaient" and "atteignant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "atteignaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atteignant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "atteignaient" and "atteignant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atteignaient vs atteignait". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #126,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.