pendez
\pɑ̃.de\
The verdict
“pendez” is uncommon French (frequency #55,496 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,496
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pendre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pendez · pendez · French
pendez · rank #55,496 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,496
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH patronaux
Nearest frequency peer: patronaux (-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 « pendez »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- participati…
participatifs
44,508 corpus weight
- passport
passport
44,507 corpus weight
- patronaux
patronaux
44,506 corpus weight
- pendez
pendez
44,505 corpus weight
- perduré
perduré
44,504 corpus weight
- perfectionn…
perfectionnés
44,503 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pendez » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pendez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɑ̃.de\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pendez » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pendez is uncommon French at frequency #55,496 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɑ̃.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pendez has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pendez, spelled P-E-N-D-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pendre.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de pendre.
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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