fender
\ˈfɛnd.ə(ɹ)\
The verdict
“fender” is uncommon French (frequency #52,064 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,064
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fender · fender · French
fender · rank #52,064 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,064
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fellations
Nearest frequency peer: fellations (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « fender »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- faussaires
faussaires
47,940 corpus weight
- façonnent
façonnent
47,939 corpus weight
- fellations
fellations
47,938 corpus weight
- fender
fender
47,937 corpus weight
- Fergus
Fergus
47,936 corpus weight
- fermons
fermons
47,935 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fender » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fender |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈfɛnd.ə(ɹ)\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fender » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fender is uncommon French at frequency #52,064 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfɛnd.ə(ɹ)\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fender, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fender, spelled F-E-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Aile.
- 2Garde-boue.
- 3Garde-feu.
- 4Pare-battage, défense
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fender appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A fender is a low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash.
I had just consummated an unusually hearty dinner, of which the dyspeptic truffe formed not the least important item, and was sitting alone in the dining-room, with my feet upon the fender, […]
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).