attentes

\a.tɑ̃t\

/\a.tɑ̃t\/ noun

The verdict

“attentes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,830. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,830
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de attente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-attentes · attentes · French

attentes · rank #4,830 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,830
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH assise

Nearest frequency peer: assise (-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 « attentes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « attentes » 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).

attentes vs atteste
75% similar
attentes vs atténue
63% similar
attentes vs attentif
75% similar

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

Key facts for attentes
PropertyValue
Headwordattentes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.tɑ̃t\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,830
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « attentes »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « assise » (#4,829), « automatiquement » (#4,831), « benjamin » (#4,832). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « attentes » est au #4,830. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around attentes (IPA \a.tɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,830 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de attente.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for attentes, with forms such as "atentes", "atetntes", and "attenets". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "atteste", "atténue", "attentif", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is attentes, spelled A-T-T-E-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de attente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour « décommoditiser » leur activité, Hax et Wilde suggèrent d’avoir recours à la stratégie de solution client complète (l’entreprise répond aux attentes du client et donc celui-ci s’intéresse à nouveau aux produits de l’entreprise) ou à chercher le verrouillage du système.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atentes
  • atetntes
  • attenets
  • attenntes
  • attentess
  • attentse
  • attenttes
  • attetnes
  • attnetes
  • tatentes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atentes1atetntes2attenets2attenntes1attentess1attentse2attenttes1attetnes2
Edit distance from "attentes"

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 "attentes"?
"attentes" is spelled A-T-T-E-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tɑ̃t\.
What does "attentes" mean?
As a noun, "attentes" means: Pluriel de attente.
What words are commonly confused with "attentes"?
"attentes" is commonly confused with "atteste", "atténue", "attentif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attentes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attentes" is \a.tɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attentes" come from?
"attentes" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "attentes", 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