atténués
\a.te.nɥe\
The verdict
“atténués” is uncommon French (frequency #76,332 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,332
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de atténué.
Corpus desk
Index FR-attenues · atténués · French
atténués · rank #76,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,332
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Aton
Nearest frequency peer: Aton (-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 « atténués »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- assommoir
assommoir
23,673 corpus weight
- assouplissa…
assouplissant
23,672 corpus weight
- Aton
Aton
23,670 corpus weight
- atténués
atténués
23,669 corpus weight
- autoproclam…
autoproclamée
23,667 corpus weight
- autosatisfa…
autosatisfaction
23,666 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « atténués » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atténués |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.te.nɥe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « atténués » en français
Rare enough to double-check
atténués is uncommon French at frequency #76,332 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.te.nɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de atténué.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for atténués, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is atténués, spelled A-T-T-É-N-U-É-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de atténué.
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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