onderhouden
The verdict
“onderhouden” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entretenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-onderhouden · onderhouden · French
onderhouden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | onderhouden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « onderhouden » en français
Rare enough to double-check
onderhouden is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for onderhouden in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 onderhouden, spelled O-N-D-E-R-H-O-U-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Entretenir.
- 2Entretenir, maintenir.
- 3Entretenir, nourrir.
- 4Divertir, amuser, entretenir.
- 5S’entretenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how onderhouden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
de machine onderhouden
kleine cadeautjes onderhouden de vriendschap
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.