tendu
noun
tendu is spelled T-E-N-D-U: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tendu means “A move in which the leg and foot stretch to point in a particular direction, but the foot does not leave the floor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tendu is tendus.
How many letters and syllables are in tendu?
| Letters | 5: T-E-N-D-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tendu?
Tendu appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with tendu?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tendu.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tuned.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tendu
- tendus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tendu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A move in which the leg and foot stretch to point in a particular direction, but the foot does not leave the floor.
- 2
Diospyros melanoxylon, a tree in the family Ebenaceae, native to parts of South Asia, whose leaves are used as beedi-wrappers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tendu come from?
From French tendu (“stretched”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).