engendra

\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁa\

/\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁa\/ verb

The verdict

“engendra” is uncommon French (frequency #54,558 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,558
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de engendrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-engendra · engendra · French

engendra · rank #54,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,558
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enivrant

Nearest frequency peer: enivrant (+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 « engendra »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « engendra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for engendra
PropertyValue
Headwordengendra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁa\
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,558
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « engendra » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).engendratombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « enivrant » (#54,559), « enjamber » (#54,560), « Ende » (#54,555). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « engendra » est au #54,558. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

engendra is uncommon French at frequency #54,558 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de engendrer.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for engendra in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is engendra, spelled E-N-G-E-N-D-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de engendrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how engendra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La lutte de la police générale du royaume et de la contre-police du roi engendra d’horribles affaires dont le secret a été gardé par quelques échafauds.

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 "engendra"?
"engendra" is spelled E-N-G-E-N-D-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁa\.
What does "engendra" mean?
As a verb, "engendra" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de engendrer.
How do you pronounce "engendra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engendra" is \ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "engendra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list