attendri

\a.tɑ̃.dʁi\

/\a.tɑ̃.dʁi\/ verb

The verdict

“attendri” is uncommon French (frequency #70,404 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,404
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de attendrir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-attendri · attendri · French

attendri · rank #70,404 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,404
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH atlantes

Nearest frequency peer: atlantes (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « attendri »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « attendri » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for attendri
PropertyValue
Headwordattendri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.tɑ̃.dʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,404
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « attendri » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).attendritombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « atlantes » (#70,403), « autoentrepreneurs » (#70,405), « atk » (#70,402). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attendri » est au #70,404. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

attendri is uncommon French at frequency #70,404 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.tɑ̃.dʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de attendrir.".

attendri doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is attendri, spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de attendrir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how attendri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Plus d’une fois, je suis resté attendri, songeant à de délicieux moments : soit que je revisse cette délicieuse fille assise près de ma table, occupée à coudre, paisible, silencieuse, recueillie et faiblement éclairée par le jour qui, descendant de ma lucarne, dessinait de légers reflets argentés sur sa belle chevelure noire; soit que j’entendisse son rir…

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "attendri"?
"attendri" is spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tɑ̃.dʁi\.
What does "attendri" mean?
As a verb, "attendri" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de attendrir.
How do you pronounce "attendri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attendri" is \a.tɑ̃.dʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "attendri", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list