entendu
\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\
The verdict
“entendu” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #820
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s’entend bien à une chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-entendu · entendu · French
entendu · rank #820 · 10 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #820
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH faisant
Nearest frequency peer: faisant (+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 « entendu »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- auprès
auprès
99,184 corpus weight
- code
code
99,183 corpus weight
- entendu
entendu
99,181 corpus weight
- faisant
faisant
99,180 corpus weight
- gagner
gagner
99,179 corpus weight
- honneur
honneur
99,178 corpus weight
What this shows « entendu » 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 | entendu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entendu »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around entendu (IPA \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #820 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for entendu, with forms such as "enetndu", "enntendu", and "entednu". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "étend", "étendu", "étendue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is entendu, spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-U.
Definition
- 1Qui s’entend bien à une chose.
- 2Bien compris, complice.
- 3Conçu ; organisé ; concerté ; réfléchi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entendu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des gens entendus dans la culture des orangers ont exposé, […], que les pots de terre sont préférables aux caisses.
— Parmi tous les auteurs dramatiques de Paris, un des mieux posés, des plus rangés, des plus entendus, était, en 1829, du Bruel, dont le nom est inconnu du public ; il s’appelle de Cursy sur les affiches.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enetndu
- enntendu
- entednu
- entenddu
- entenndu
- entenud
- entnedu
- enttendu
- etnendu
- netendu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entendu - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).