Which to use
“notant” and “notent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,813
- “notant” frequency rank
- #28,268
- “notent” frequency rank
- 55081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | notant | notent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de noter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de noter. |
Where the eye mixes notant and notent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. notant and notent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between notant and notent
A purely visual mix-up. notant (\nɔ.tɑ̃\) and notent (\nɔt\) 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 “notant” becomes e in “notent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
notant is recorded at frequency rank #26,813, classified as averb, pronounced \nɔ.tɑ̃\. notent is at rank #28,268, tagged as averb, pronounced \nɔt\.
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 55081, this pair ranks #129,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of notant vs notent
Shared letters: not. Private to "notant": a. Private to "notent": e.
"notant" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "notent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "notant" for "notent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "notant" vs "notent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "notant" and "notent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "notant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "notent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "notant" and "notent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noient vs notent". 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 #129,811 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.