Which to use
“luttant” and “luttent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,995
- “luttant” frequency rank
- #17,471
- “luttent” frequency rank
- 39466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | luttant | luttent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de lutter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de lutter. |
Where the eye mixes luttant and luttent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. luttant and luttent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between luttant and luttent
A purely visual mix-up. luttant (\ly.tɑ̃\) and luttent (\lyt\) 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 a single letter - a in “luttant” becomes e in “luttent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
luttant is recorded at frequency rank #21,995, classified as averb, pronounced \ly.tɑ̃\. luttent is at rank #17,471, tagged as averb, pronounced \lyt\.
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 39466, this pair ranks #247,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of luttant vs luttent
Shared letters: lntu. Private to "luttant": a. Private to "luttent": e.
"luttant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "luttent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "luttant" for "luttent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "luttant" vs "luttent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "luttant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "luttent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "luttant" and "luttent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "luttant vs luttons". 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 #247,743 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.