descende

/\dɛ.sɑ̃d\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,440

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

descende is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de descendre. Pronounced \dɛ.sɑ̃d\. Often confused with descente and descendu.

Key facts for descende
PropertyValue
Headworddescende
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dɛ.sɑ̃d\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,440
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for descende is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɛ.sɑ̃d\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,440 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for descende, with forms such as "ddescende", "decsende", and "desccende". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "descente", "descendu", "descends", 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is descende, spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de descendre.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de descendre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddescende,decsende,desccende,descedne,descendde,descened,descennde,descnede,desecnde,desscende,dsecende,edscende

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for descende

Misspelling Variants of "descende"

ddescende9decsende8desccende9descedne8descendde9descened8descennde9descnede8
Misspelling Variants of "descende"

Frequency rank: #31,440 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "descende"?
"descende" is spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛ.sɑ̃d\.
What does "descende" mean?
As a verb, "descende" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de descendre.
What words are commonly confused with "descende"?
"descende" is commonly confused with "descente", "descendu", "descends". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "descende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "descende" is \dɛ.sɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "descende" come from?
"descende" 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.