descendantes
\de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃t\
The verdict
“descendantes” is uncommon French (frequency #57,206 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,206
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de descendant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-descendantes · descendantes · French
descendantes · rank #57,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,206
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Descamps
Nearest frequency peer: Descamps (-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 « descendantes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dara
dara
42,799 corpus weight
- dawa
dawa
42,797 corpus weight
- Descamps
Descamps
42,796 corpus weight
- descendantes
descendantes
42,795 corpus weight
- dessines
dessines
42,794 corpus weight
- devices
devices
42,793 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « descendantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | descendantes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #57,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « descendantes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
descendantes is uncommon French at frequency #57,206 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de descendant.".
descendantes has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is descendantes, spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-D-A-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de descendant.
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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