fendus
\fɑ̃.dy\
The verdict
“fendus” is uncommon French (frequency #78,422 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,422
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de fendu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fendus · fendus · French
fendus · rank #78,422 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,422
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH Felder
Nearest frequency peer: Felder (-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 « fendus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- farfouiller
farfouiller
21,583 corpus weight
- fars
fars
21,582 corpus weight
- Felder
Felder
21,580 corpus weight
- fendus
fendus
21,579 corpus weight
- festina
festina
21,578 corpus weight
- fientes
fientes
21,575 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fendus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fendus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɑ̃.dy\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fendus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fendus is uncommon French at frequency #78,422 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɑ̃.dy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de fendu.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fendus, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 fendus, spelled F-E-N-D-U-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de fendu.
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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