étendent

\e.tɑ̃d\

/\e.tɑ̃d\/ verb

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The verdict

“étendent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,601
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de étendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etendent · étendent · French

étendent · rank #17,601 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,601
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH épousa

Nearest frequency peer: épousa (-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 « étendent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étendent » 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).

étendent vs étendit
75% similar
étendent vs étonnent
75% similar
étendent vs étendant
88% similar

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

Key facts for étendent
PropertyValue
Headwordétendent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.tɑ̃d\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,601
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étendent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.étendentse 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 « épousa » (#17,600), « étincelle » (#17,602), « éloges » (#17,599). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étendent » est au #17,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around étendent (IPA \e.tɑ̃d\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,601 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for étendent, with forms such as "etendent", "téendent", and "éetndent". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "étendit", "étonnent", "étendant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is étendent, spelled É-T-E-N-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de étendre.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de étendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Au total, les parties à dérocter s’étendent sur 416 m, les zones à démonter sur 4 900 m et à repiquer sur 6 695 m.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etendent
  • téendent
  • éetndent
  • étednent
  • étenddent
  • étendennt
  • étendentt
  • étendetn
  • étendnet
  • étenednt
  • étenndent
  • étnedent
  • éttendent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étendent - 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.

etendent1téendent2éetndent2étednent2étenddent1étendennt1étendentt1étendetn2
Edit distance from "étendent"

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

Same letter count

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

accumule#17,607Wauquiez#17,592Angelina#17,615témoigné#17,584

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list