feindre

\fɛ̃dʁ\

/\fɛ̃dʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“feindre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,810. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,810
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Présenter une chose comme réelle en lui donnant une fausse apparence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-feindre · feindre · French

feindre · rank #37,810 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,810
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fautifs

Nearest frequency peer: fautifs (-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 « feindre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « feindre » 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).

feindre vs fondre
71% similar
feindre vs feinte
71% similar
feindre vs fendre
86% similar

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

Key facts for feindre
PropertyValue
Headwordfeindre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɛ̃dʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,810
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « feindre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).feindrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fautifs » (#37,809), « fendue » (#37,811), « Farc » (#37,808). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « feindre » est au #37,810. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around feindre (IPA \fɛ̃dʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,810 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for feindre, with forms such as "efindre", "feidnre", and "feinddre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "fondre", "feinte", "fendre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 feindre, spelled F-E-I-N-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Présenter une chose comme réelle en lui donnant une fausse apparence.
  2. 2
    Montrer à autrui ce qu’on ne pense ni ne ressent vraiment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En effet, Lequeu, bien qu’il feignît de s’isoler dans sa lecture, était secoué de sursauts violents.
  2. Les uns et les autres ne discernaient pas ou feignaient de ne pas discerner l'idée-maîtresse de Waldeck-Rousseau.

Synonyms

faire semblantfakerprétendresimulertromper

This word in other languages

feign(English)fingir(Español)fingieren(Deutsch)fingir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efindre
  • feidnre
  • feinddre
  • feinder
  • feindrre
  • feinndre
  • feinrde
  • fenidre
  • ffeindre
  • fiendre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of feindre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

efindre2feidnre2feinddre1feinder2feindrre1feinndre1feinrde2fenidre2
Edit distance from "feindre"

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 "feindre"?
"feindre" is spelled F-E-I-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɛ̃dʁ\.
What does "feindre" mean?
As a verb, "feindre" means: Présenter une chose comme réelle en lui donnant une fausse apparence.
What words are commonly confused with "feindre"?
"feindre" is commonly confused with "fondre", "feinte", "fendre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "feindre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feindre" is \fɛ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feindre" come from?
"feindre" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fautifs#37,809figuier#37,812flasher#37,814galante#37,825

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

enclume10 variantsgazelles10 variantsdéraille10 variantsDurance10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list