fentes

\fɑ̃t\

/\fɑ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“fentes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,261. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,261
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de fente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fentes · fentes · French

fentes · rank #33,261 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,261
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH fausser

Nearest frequency peer: fausser (-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 « fentes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « fentes » 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).

fentes vs fête
50% similar
fentes vs fêtes
67% similar
fentes vs fines
67% similar

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

Key facts for fentes
PropertyValue
Headwordfentes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɑ̃t\
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,261
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « fentes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).fentesse 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 « fausser » (#33,260), « fermera » (#33,262), « fatales » (#33,259). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « fentes » est au #33,261. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around fentes (IPA \fɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,261 among 3,276 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de fente.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for fentes, with forms such as "efntes", "fenets", and "fenntes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fête", "fêtes", "fines", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fentes, spelled F-E-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de fente.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En été, elles se dessèchent et se crevassent, et les premières pluies de l’automne font couler dans les fentes les couches superficielles délayées, exposant ainsi des terrains toujours nouveaux à la surface.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • efntes
  • fenets
  • fenntes
  • fentess
  • fentse
  • fenttes
  • fetnes
  • ffentes
  • fnetes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

efntes2fenets2fenntes1fentess1fentse2fenttes1fetnes2ffentes1
Edit distance from "fentes"

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 "fentes"?
"fentes" is spelled F-E-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fɑ̃t\.
What does "fentes" mean?
As a noun, "fentes" means: Pluriel de fente.
What words are commonly confused with "fentes"?
"fentes" is commonly confused with "fête", "fêtes", "fines". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fentes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fentes" is \fɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fentes" come from?
"fentes" 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 "fentes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

famous#33,258Frantz#33,271essaim#33,248ginger#33,276

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Estienne9 variantsidiotes9 variantsduring9 variantsDuclos9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list