condescendance

/\kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s\/ noun

Letters

14 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,307

in French word usage

Misspellings

22

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

condescendance is aFrenchnoun. It means: Complaisance qui fait qu’on se rend aux sentiments, aux volontés de quelqu’un. Mais depuis le XIXᵉ siècle, le sens a glissé vers la 2ᵉ définition. Pronounced \kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s\. Often confused with condescendant.

Key facts for condescendance
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Headwordcondescendance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s\
Letters14
Frequency rank#26,307
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of condescendance in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for condescendance is 14 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,307 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 22 documented wrong-spelling variants for condescendance, with forms such as "ccondescendance", "cnodescendance", and "codnescendance". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "condescendant", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is condescendance, spelled C-O-N-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-A-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Complaisance qui fait qu’on se rend aux sentiments, aux volontés de quelqu’un. Mais depuis le XIXᵉ siècle, le sens a glissé vers la 2ᵉ définition.
  2. 2
    Bienveillance mêlée d’un léger mépris ; comportement distant, presque hautain, arrogant, ou qui pourrait être ressenti comme tel.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccondescendance,cnodescendance,codnescendance,conddescendance,condecsendance,condesccendance,condescednance,condescenadnce,condescendacne,condescendancce,condescendanec,condescendannce,condescenddance,condescendnace,condescenndance,condescnedance,condesecndance,condesscendance,condsecendance,conedscendance,conndescendance,ocndescendance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for condescendance

Misspelling Variants of "condescendance"

ccondescendance15cnodescendance14codnescendance14conddescendance15condecsendance14condesccendance15condescednance14condescenadnce14
Misspelling Variants of "condescendance"

Frequency rank: #26,307 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "condescendance"?
"condescendance" is spelled C-O-N-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s\.
What does "condescendance" mean?
As a noun, "condescendance" means: Complaisance qui fait qu’on se rend aux sentiments, aux volontés de quelqu’un. Mais depuis le XIXᵉ siècle, le sens a glissé vers la 2ᵉ définition.
What words are commonly confused with "condescendance"?
"condescendance" is commonly confused with "condescendant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "condescendance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "condescendance" is \kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "condescendance" come from?
"condescendance" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.