entendait
\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ\
The verdict
“entendait” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,318. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,318
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de entendre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entendait · entendait · French
entendait · rank #10,318 · 13 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,318
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH emblématique
Nearest frequency peer: emblématique (-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 « entendait »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- détournement
détournement
89,686 corpus weight
- développeurs
développeurs
89,685 corpus weight
- emblématique
emblématique
89,684 corpus weight
- entendait
entendait
89,683 corpus weight
- envoyant
envoyant
89,682 corpus weight
- exercé
exercé
89,681 corpus weight
What this shows « entendait » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entendait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entendait »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around entendait (IPA \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,318 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de entendre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for entendait, with forms such as "enetndait", "enntendait", and "entednait". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "étendit", "étendant", "étendait", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is entendait, spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de entendre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entendait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On n’entendait dans la clairière que le grouillement des bêtes à poil ou à écailles se faufilant dans la forêt tropicale qui les entourait de trois côtés, le murmure de la rivière et le teuf-teuf incessant du moteur Delco à essence qui fournissait le courant lumière et faisait marcher les vieilles machines de l’atelier de réparation.
Toutes les opinions se coudoyaient et aboyaient à la fois contre la République. On s’entendait dans la haine.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enetndait
- enntendait
- entednait
- entenadit
- entendaitt
- entendati
- entenddait
- entendiat
- entenndait
- entnedait
- enttendait
- etnendait
- netendait
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entendait - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).