attendus

\a.tɑ̃.dy\

/\a.tɑ̃.dy\/ adj

The verdict

“attendus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,722. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,722
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de attendu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-attendus · attendus · French

attendus · rank #12,722 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,722
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH axel

Nearest frequency peer: axel (+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 « attendus »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « attendus » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

attendus vs atténue
63% similar
attendus vs attentes
75% similar
attendus vs attend
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for attendus
PropertyValue
Headwordattendus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.tɑ̃.dy\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,722
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attendus »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.attendusse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « axel » (#12,723), « assureur » (#12,720), « aspirations » (#12,719). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attendus » est au #12,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around attendus (IPA \a.tɑ̃.dy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,722 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de attendu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for attendus, with forms such as "atendus", "atetndus", and "attednus". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "atténue", "attentes", "attend", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is attendus, spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de attendu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atendus
  • atetndus
  • attednus
  • attenddus
  • attendsu
  • attenduss
  • attenndus
  • attenuds
  • attnedus
  • tatendus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attendus - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

atendus1atetndus2attednus2attenddus1attendsu2attenduss1attenndus1attenuds2
Edit distance from "attendus"

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 "attendus"?
"attendus" is spelled A-T-T-E-N-D-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tɑ̃.dy\.
What does "attendus" mean?
As an adjective, "attendus" means: Masculin pluriel de attendu.
What words are commonly confused with "attendus"?
"attendus" is commonly confused with "atténue", "attentes", "attend". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attendus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attendus" is \a.tɑ̃.dy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attendus" come from?
"attendus" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list