Which to use
“fatiguant” is an adjective and “fatiguent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,319
- “fatiguant” frequency rank
- #41,788
- “fatiguent” frequency rank
- 63107
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fatiguant | fatiguent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui fatigue. De nos jours on écrit fatigant. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de fatiguer. |
Where the eye mixes fatiguant and fatiguent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. fatiguant and fatiguent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses fatiguant with fatiguent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fatiguant is \fa.ti.ɡɑ̃\ while fatiguent is \fa.tiɡ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “fatiguant” becomes e in “fatiguent”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fatiguant is recorded at frequency rank #21,319, classified as anadj, pronounced \fa.ti.ɡɑ̃\. fatiguent is at rank #41,788, tagged as averb, pronounced \fa.tiɡ\.
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 63107, this pair ranks #83,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fatiguant vs fatiguent
Shared letters: afgintu. Private to "fatiguant": -. Private to "fatiguent": e.
"fatiguant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC · "fatiguent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fatiguant" and "fatiguent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fatiguant" or "fatiguent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "fatiguant" and "fatiguent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fatiguant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fatiguent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fatiguant" and "fatiguent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fatiguées vs fatiguent". 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 #83,714 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.