Which to use
“persistant” and “persistante” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,028
- “persistant” frequency rank
- #22,648
- “persistante” frequency rank
- 44676
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | persistant | persistante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui dure, qui résiste, qui demeure inchangé. | Féminin singulier de persistant. |
Where the eye mixes persistant and persistante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses persistant with persistante
A purely visual mix-up. persistant (\pɛʁ.si.stɑ̃\) and persistante (\pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃t\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “persistant” sits inside “persistante”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44676, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
persistant is recorded at frequency rank #22,028, classified as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.si.stɑ̃\. persistante is at rank #22,648, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɛʁ.sis.tɑ̃t\.
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 44676, this pair ranks #208,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of persistant vs persistante
Shared letters: aeinprst. Private to "persistant": -. Private to "persistante": -.
"persistant" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "persistante" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- persistant ← eprsistant · perisstant · perrsistant · persisatnt · persisstant · persistannt · persistantt · persistatn
- persistante ← eprsistante · perisstante · perrsistante · persisatnte · persisstante · persistanet · persistannte · persistantte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "persistant" and "persistante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "persistant" or "persistante"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "persistant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "persistante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "persistant" and "persistante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "persistante vs persistants". 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 #208,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.