attendu
\a.tɑ̃.dy\
The verdict
“attendu” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,215. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,215
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Motifs donnés par les juges de première instance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-attendu · attendu · French
attendu · rank #2,215 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,215
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH aspect
Nearest frequency peer: aspect (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « attendu »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- apparemment
apparemment
97,789 corpus weight
- arbre
arbre
97,788 corpus weight
- aspect
aspect
97,787 corpus weight
- attendu
attendu
97,786 corpus weight
- auquel
auquel
97,785 corpus weight
- bac
bac
97,784 corpus weight
What this shows « attendu » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | attendu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.tɑ̃.dy\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attendu »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around attendu (IPA \a.tɑ̃.dy\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,215 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for attendu, with forms such as "atendu", "atetndu", and "attednu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "attente", "atténue", "attendue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is attendu, spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-U.
Definition
- 1Motifs donnés par les juges de première instance.
- 2Ce qui est attendu.
- 3Ce qui est attendu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how attendu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les attendus du jugement d’un procès réservent parfois des conclusions inattendues à l’arrivée.
Dès le 2 avril, le Sénat leur communique son intention de proclamer la déchéance de Napoléon. Un acte en bonne et due forme est rédigé le lendemain : il multiplie les attendus, presque tous inspirés du rapport Lainé de décembre 1813.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atendu
- atetndu
- attednu
- attenddu
- attenndu
- attenud
- attnedu
- tatendu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attendu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "attendu", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).