entends

\ɑ̃.tɑ̃\

/\ɑ̃.tɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“entends” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,275. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,275
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de entendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entends · entends · French

entends · rank #2,275 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,275
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH di

Nearest frequency peer: di (-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 « entends »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « entends » 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).

entends vs étend
57% similar
entends vs étendu
57% similar
entends vs entendu
86% similar

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

Key facts for entends
PropertyValue
Headwordentends
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.tɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,275
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entends »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).entendsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « di » (#2,274), « entraîneur » (#2,276), « devrais » (#2,273). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entends » est au #2,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around entends (IPA \ɑ̃.tɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,275 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for entends, with forms such as "enetnds", "enntends", and "entedns". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "étend", "étendu", "entendu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is entends, spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de entendre.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de entendre.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de entendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’entends un petit air de radio, suave comme une patte de chat.
  2. T’entends, Bec, la Toulouche parle de la Préfectance ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enetnds
  • enntends
  • entedns
  • entendds
  • entendss
  • entennds
  • entensd
  • entneds
  • enttends
  • etnends
  • netends

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entends - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

enetnds2enntends1entedns2entendds1entendss1entennds1entensd2entneds2
Edit distance from "entends"

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 "entends"?
"entends" is spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃\.
What does "entends" mean?
As a verb, "entends" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de entendre.
What words are commonly confused with "entends"?
"entends" is commonly confused with "étend", "étendu", "entendu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entends"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entends" is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entends" come from?
"entends" 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 "entends", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

devrais#2,273coucher#2,271limites#2,285marcher#2,286

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

japonais11 variantsconduire11 variantsCanadien11 variantsprimaire11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list