penda

\ˈpen.da\

/\ˈpen.da\/ verb

The verdict

“penda” is uncommon French (frequency #76,886 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,886
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pender.

Corpus desk

Index FR-penda · penda · French

penda · rank #76,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,886
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH perdions

Nearest frequency peer: perdions (+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 « penda »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « penda » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for penda
PropertyValue
Headwordpenda
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈpen.da\
Letters5
Frequency rank#76,886
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « penda » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).pendatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « perdions » (#76,887), « pelvis » (#76,884), « performeur » (#76,888). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « penda » est au #76,886. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

penda is uncommon French at frequency #76,886 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈpen.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for penda, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is penda, spelled P-E-N-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pender.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pender.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’impératif de pender.

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 "penda"?
"penda" is spelled P-E-N-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈpen.da\.
What does "penda" mean?
As a verb, "penda" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pender.
How do you pronounce "penda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "penda" is \ˈpen.da\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "penda" come from?
"penda" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "penda", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list