entendue

\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\

/\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\/ noun

The verdict

“entendue” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,000
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui se croit capable, qui est suffisante, qui joue l’importante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-entendue · entendue · French

entendue · rank #9,000 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,000
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enregistremen…

Nearest frequency peer: enregistrements (-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 « entendue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « entendue » 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).

entendue vs étendu
63% similar
entendue vs étendue
75% similar
entendue vs étendre
63% similar

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

Key facts for entendue
PropertyValue
Headwordentendue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,000
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « entendue »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.entenduese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « enregistrements » (#8,999), « entendus » (#9,001), « emprunté » (#8,998). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « entendue » est au #9,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around entendue (IPA \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,000 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Femme qui se croit capable, qui est suffisante, qui joue l’importante.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for entendue, with forms such as "enetndue", "enntendue", and "entednue". 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, "étendu", "étendue", "étendre", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is entendue, spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme qui se croit capable, qui est suffisante, qui joue l’importante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Faire l’entendue. Elle fait l’entendue.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enetndue
  • enntendue
  • entednue
  • entenddue
  • entendeu
  • entenndue
  • entenude
  • entnedue
  • enttendue
  • etnendue
  • netendue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entendue - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

enetndue2enntendue1entednue2entenddue1entendeu2entenndue1entenude2entnedue2
Edit distance from "entendue"

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 "entendue"?
"entendue" is spelled E-N-T-E-N-D-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\.
What does "entendue" mean?
As a noun, "entendue" means: Femme qui se croit capable, qui est suffisante, qui joue l’importante.
What words are commonly confused with "entendue"?
"entendue" is commonly confused with "étendu", "étendue", "étendre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entendue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entendue" is \ɑ̃.tɑ̃.dy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entendue" come from?
"entendue" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list