defender

\de.fenˈdeɾ\

/\de.fenˈdeɾ\/ verb

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The verdict

“defender” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,412
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-defender · defender · French

defender · rank #44,412 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,412
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dengue

Nearest frequency peer: dengue (+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 « defender »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « defender » 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).

defender vs défense
63% similar
defender vs défendu
63% similar
defender vs défends
63% similar

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

Key facts for defender
PropertyValue
Headworddefender
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.fenˈdeɾ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,412
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « defender »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).defenderse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dengue » (#44,413), « daphne » (#44,410), « destructrices » (#44,414). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « defender » est au #44,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around defender (IPA \de.fenˈdeɾ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,412 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Défendre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for defender, with forms such as "ddefender", "deefnder", and "defedner". 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, "défense", "défendu", "défends", and more, 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. The correct French form is defender, spelled D-E-F-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Défendre.

Synonyms

defensar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddefender
  • deefnder
  • defedner
  • defendder
  • defenderr
  • defenedr
  • defennder
  • deffender
  • defneder
  • dfeender
  • edfender

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of defender - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddefender1deefnder2defedner2defendder1defenderr1defenedr2defennder1deffender1
Edit distance from "defender"

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 "defender"?
"defender" is spelled D-E-F-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.fenˈdeɾ\.
What does "defender" mean?
As a verb, "defender" means: Défendre.
What words are commonly confused with "defender"?
"defender" is commonly confused with "défense", "défendu", "défends". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "defender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "defender" is \de.fenˈdeɾ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "defender" come from?
"defender" 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 "defender", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Cummings#44,406couchers#44,398Corleone#44,397débridée#44,428

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

cutanés11 variantsdisplay11 variantscouchette11 variantsdéversé11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list