édenté
\e.dɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“édenté” is uncommon French (frequency #89,326 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,326
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dépourvu de dents ; qui les a perdues.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | édenté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.dɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “édenté” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
édenté is uncommon French at frequency #89,326 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.dɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for édenté, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 édenté, spelled É-D-E-N-T-É.
Definition
- 1Dépourvu de dents ; qui les a perdues.
- 2Dépourvu de mordant, d’initiative.
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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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Using “édenté”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-D-E-N-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.dɑ̃.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.