prétendantes
\pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\
The verdict
“prétendantes” is uncommon French (frequency #75,118 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,118
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de prétendante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pretendantes · prétendantes · French
prétendantes · rank #75,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,118
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH préconisation
Nearest frequency peer: préconisation (-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 « prétendantes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- provide
provide
24,886 corpus weight
- préconisati…
préconisation
24,884 corpus weight
- prétendantes
prétendantes
24,883 corpus weight
- prévenance
prévenance
24,882 corpus weight
- publiaient
publiaient
24,881 corpus weight
- puceron
puceron
24,880 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « prétendantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prétendantes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #75,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prétendantes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prétendantes is uncommon French at frequency #75,118 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de prétendante.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for prétendantes, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is prétendantes, spelled P-R-É-T-E-N-D-A-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de prétendante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prétendantes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après avoir éconduit poliment les prétendantes intéressées par le profil enjolivé de son annonce, qui remportait un certain succès.
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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