pendez

\pɑ̃.de\

/\pɑ̃.de\/ verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pendez
PropertyValue
Headwordpendez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\pɑ̃.de\
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,496
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pendez » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pendeztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « patronaux » (#55,495), « perduré » (#55,497), « passport » (#55,494). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pendez » est au #55,496. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pendre.
  2. 2
    Deuxième 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pendez"?
"pendez" is spelled P-E-N-D-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \pɑ̃.de\.
What does "pendez" mean?
As a verb, "pendez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de pendre.
How do you pronounce "pendez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pendez" is \pɑ̃.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pendez" come from?
"pendez" 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 "pendez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list