exténués

\ɛk.ste.nɥe\

/\ɛk.ste.nɥe\/ adj

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « exténués » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exténués
PropertyValue
Headwordexténués
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛk.ste.nɥe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,511
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « exténués » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).exténuéstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « exponentielles » (#77,509), « expansionnistes » (#77,508), « factors » (#77,514). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exténués » est au #77,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de exténué.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exténués"?
"exténués" is spelled E-X-T-É-N-U-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.ste.nɥe\.
What does "exténués" mean?
As an adjective, "exténués" means: Masculin pluriel de exténué.
How do you pronounce "exténués"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exténués" is \ɛk.ste.nɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list