pendants

\pɑ̃.dɑ̃\

/\pɑ̃.dɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“pendants” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,968. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,968
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de pendant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pendants · pendants · French

pendants · rank #37,968 · 13 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,968
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH participes

Nearest frequency peer: participes (-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 « pendants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pendants » 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).

pendants vs pensant
75% similar
pendants vs perdant
75% similar
pendants vs pendent
75% similar

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

Key facts for pendants
PropertyValue
Headwordpendants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\pɑ̃.dɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,968
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pendants »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pendantsse 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 « participes » (#37,967), « permaculture » (#37,969), « Parisot » (#37,966). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pendants » est au #37,968. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around pendants (IPA \pɑ̃.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,968 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de pendant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pendants, with forms such as "epndants", "pednants", and "penadnts". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "pensant", "perdant", "pendent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pendants, spelled P-E-N-D-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de pendant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epndants
  • pednants
  • penadnts
  • pendannts
  • pendanst
  • pendantss
  • pendantts
  • pendatns
  • penddants
  • pendnats
  • penndants
  • pnedants
  • ppendants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pendants - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

epndants2pednants2penadnts2pendannts1pendanst2pendantss1pendantts1pendatns2
Edit distance from "pendants"

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 "pendants"?
"pendants" is spelled P-E-N-D-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃.dɑ̃\.
What does "pendants" mean?
As an adjective, "pendants" means: Masculin pluriel de pendant.
What words are commonly confused with "pendants"?
"pendants" is commonly confused with "pensant", "perdant", "pendent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pendants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pendants" is \pɑ̃.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pendants" come from?
"pendants" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Paravent#37,965oliveira#37,956probants#37,980pérennes#37,990

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

pacifisme13 variantsoccuperont13 variantsmandature13 variantsmaintenez13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list