attendrissant

\a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃\

/\a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“attendrissant” is uncommon French (frequency #56,430 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,430
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui attendrit, qui émeut de compassion, de tendresse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-attendrissant · attendrissant · French

attendrissant · rank #56,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,430
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH atone

Nearest frequency peer: atone (-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 « attendrissant »

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 « attendrissant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for attendrissant
PropertyValue
Headwordattendrissant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « attendrissant » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « atone » (#56,429), « aurifère » (#56,431), « Atatürk » (#56,428). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attendrissant » est au #56,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

attendrissant is uncommon French at frequency #56,430 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui attendrit, qui émeut de compassion, de tendresse.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for attendrissant, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is attendrissant, spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-R-I-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui attendrit, qui émeut de compassion, de tendresse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eh ! qu’elle a envie de te croire, quand tu viens à elle le cœur plein de tant de vérités nouvelles, rajeunissantes, attendrissantes ! Contraste frappant ! ta vierge, ta fiancée de seize ans, ta fraîche et florissante rose, si tu regardes son esprit, son éducation byzantine, elle vient à toi vieille et caduque, sous les rides du moyen âge. Toi, au contrai…
  2. Si seulement il s’était laissé aller, en criant ou en pleurant, elle l’aurait trouvé attendrissant, alors que sa pseudo-froideur la rendait folle de rage et d’impuissance.

Synonyms

touchant

This word in other languages

endearing(English)conmovedor(Español)ergreifend(Deutsch)

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 "attendrissant"?
"attendrissant" is spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-R-I-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃\.
What does "attendrissant" mean?
As an adjective, "attendrissant" means: Qui attendrit, qui émeut de compassion, de tendresse.
How do you pronounce "attendrissant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attendrissant" is \a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃\. 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 "attendrissant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chaudronnerie#56,484chercheraient#56,486vulgarisateur#56,360convertissant#56,517

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list