prétendante
\pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\
The verdict
“prétendante” is uncommon French (frequency #69,332 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,332
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui prétend, qui aspire à une chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pretendante · prétendante · French
prétendante · rank #69,332 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,332
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH préservez
Nearest frequency peer: préservez (-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 « prétendante »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- prédicats
prédicats
30,671 corpus weight
- préservez
préservez
30,670 corpus weight
- prétendante
prétendante
30,669 corpus weight
- prêtresses
prêtresses
30,668 corpus weight
- pst
pst
30,667 corpus weight
- pubère
pubère
30,666 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prétendante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prétendante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,332 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prétendante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prétendante is uncommon French at frequency #69,332 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
prétendante doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prétendante, spelled P-R-É-T-E-N-D-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui prétend, qui aspire à une chose.
- 2Celle qui aspire à la main de quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prétendante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À toutes les autres questions sur les travaux de la ferme, la prétendante ne se montrait point maladroite.
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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