étend
\e.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“étend” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,002. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,002
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de étendre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etend · étend · French
étend · rank #5,002 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,002
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH universelle
Nearest frequency peer: universelle (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “étend”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tendre
tendre
95,002 corpus weight
- troupe
troupe
95,001 corpus weight
- universelle
universelle
95,000 corpus weight
- étend
étend
94,999 corpus weight
- œufs
œufs
94,998 corpus weight
- alice
alice
94,996 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “étend” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | étend |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “étend” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around étend (IPA \e.tɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,002 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de étendre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for étend, with forms such as "etend", "téend", and "éetnd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "êtes", "even", "Etna", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is étend, spelled É-T-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de étendre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le drôle s’est fait une position merveilleuse au centre du pouvoir par ses relations : il est à la fois le mandataire de la presse et l’ambassadeur des ministres, il maquignonne les amours-propres ; il étend même ce commerce aux affaires politiques, il obtient des journaux leur silence sur tel emprunt, sur telle concession accordée sans concurrence ni pub…
La casside, ou poésie orientale, dont il s’agit (et qui, écrite en l’honneur d’un Polonais, le comte Wenceslas Rzewuski, est dédiée à un Russe, le littérateur Jean Kozlow] se termine par un superbe élan de l’âme, par l’immense cri de joie de l’homme qui peut respirer librement, dont la vue s’étend au large, dont rien ne gêne les mouvements ni n’arrête la…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etend
- téend
- éetnd
- étedn
- étendd
- étennd
- étned
- éttend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étend - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "étend", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "étend" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "êtes". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,002 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "É" letter cohort. É–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.