fend

\fɑ̃\

/\fɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“fend” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,951
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
6
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 fendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fend · fend · French

fend · rank #28,951 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,951
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH Federico

Nearest frequency peer: Federico (-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 « fend »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fend » 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).

fend vs FN
0% similar
fend vs fin
50% similar
fend vs feu
50% similar

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

Key facts for fend
PropertyValue
Headwordfend
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\fɑ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,951
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fend »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Federico » (#28,950), « faucher » (#28,949), « figurants » (#28,953). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fend » est au #28,951. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around fend (IPA \fɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,951 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de fendre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for fend, with forms such as "efnd", "fedn", and "fendd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FN", "fin", "feu", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is fend, spelled F-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de fendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’un s’écloppe, l’autre s’enivre et se fend la tête.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efnd
  • fedn
  • fendd
  • fennd
  • ffend
  • fned

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efnd2fedn2fendd1fennd1ffend1fned2
Edit distance from "fend"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list