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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.

7 ch
luttant
7 ch
luttent

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

  • luttant ← lluttant · ltutant · lutant · lutatnt · luttannt · luttantt · luttatn · luttnat
  • luttent ← lluttent · ltutent · lutent · lutetnt · luttennt · luttentt · luttetn · luttnet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "luttant" for "luttent" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ly.tɑ̃\ versus \lyt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "luttant" vs "luttent" - which ranks higher?
"luttent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,471 in our French list, against #21,995 for "luttant". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list