Kendra
\kɛn.dʁa\
The verdict
“Kendra” is uncommon French (frequency #52,779 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,779
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kendra · Kendra · French
Kendra · rank #52,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,779
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH jouèrent
Nearest frequency peer: jouèrent (-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 « Kendra »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jock
jock
47,225 corpus weight
- Josep
Josep
47,224 corpus weight
- jouèrent
jouèrent
47,223 corpus weight
- Kendra
Kendra
47,222 corpus weight
- kita
kita
47,221 corpus weight
- Koenig
Koenig
47,220 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Kendra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kendra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɛn.dʁa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Kendra » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Kendra is uncommon French at frequency #52,779 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɛn.dʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kendra, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Kendra, spelled K-E-N-D-R-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kendra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kendra Chéry.
Sur CNN, la directrice de la compagnie, Kendra Holmes, parlait même d’un séjour illimité tant que les clients pouvaient se le permettre.
This word in other languages
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).