exténués
\ɛk.ste.nɥe\
The verdict
“exténués” is uncommon French (frequency #77,511 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,511
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de exténué.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extenues · exténués · French
exténués · rank #77,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,511
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exponentielles
Nearest frequency peer: exponentielles (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « exténués »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- exhortent
exhortent
22,494 corpus weight
- expansionni…
expansionnistes
22,493 corpus weight
- exponentiel…
exponentielles
22,492 corpus weight
- exténués
exténués
22,490 corpus weight
- factors
factors
22,487 corpus weight
- fainéante
fainéante
22,486 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « exténués » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exténués |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛk.ste.nɥe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exténués » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exténués is uncommon French at frequency #77,511 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛk.ste.nɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de exténué.".
No misspelling variants are generated for exténués in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is exténués, spelled E-X-T-É-N-U-É-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de exténué.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exténués appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’avais acheté une vieille 4L dont les cardans exténués rendaient d’inquiétants sons de castagnettes et je roulais des journées entières sur des routes où la mort guettait à chaque virage.
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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