entendant

\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃\

/\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“entendant” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,622
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui entend depuis la naissance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entendant · entendant · French

entendant · rank #15,622 · 14 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,622
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH ensuit

Nearest frequency peer: ensuit (-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 « entendant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « entendant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

entendant vs étendant
78% similar
entendant vs étendent
67% similar
entendant vs étendait
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for entendant
PropertyValue
Headwordentendant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,622
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entendant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).entendantse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ensuit » (#15,621), « eye » (#15,623), « ennemies » (#15,620). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entendant » est au #15,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around entendant (IPA \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,622 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui entend depuis la naissance.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for entendant, with forms such as "enetndant", "enntendant", and "entednant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "étendant", "étendent", "étendait", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 entendant, spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui entend depuis la naissance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Jusqu’à cinq ou six mois, le bébé sourd congénital vocalise comme le bébé entendant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enetndant
  • enntendant
  • entednant
  • entenadnt
  • entendannt
  • entendantt
  • entendatn
  • entenddant
  • entendnat
  • entenndant
  • entnedant
  • enttendant
  • etnendant
  • netendant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entendant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

enetndant2enntendant1entednant2entenadnt2entendannt1entendantt1entendatn2entenddant1
Edit distance from "entendant"

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 "entendant"?
"entendant" is spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃\.
What does "entendant" mean?
As an adjective, "entendant" means: Qui entend depuis la naissance.
What words are commonly confused with "entendant"?
"entendant" is commonly confused with "étendant", "étendent", "étendait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entendant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entendant" is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entendant" come from?
"entendant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list