rends

\ʁɑ̃\

/\ʁɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“rends” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,420
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de rendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rends · rends · French

rends · rank #3,420 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,420
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH préciser

Nearest frequency peer: préciser (-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 « rends »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rends » 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).

rends vs res
60% similar
rends vs rond
60% similar
rends vs reno
60% similar

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

Key facts for rends
PropertyValue
Headwordrends
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,420
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rends »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rendsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « préciser » (#3,419), « réfugiés » (#3,421), « poète » (#3,418). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rends » est au #3,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rends (IPA \ʁɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,420 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rends, with forms such as "ernds", "redns", and "rendds". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "res", "rond", "reno", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is rends, spelled R-E-N-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de rendre.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de rendre.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de rendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rends appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Faire un featuring « rap » avec Bernard Tapie, c’est l’équivalent d’un long communiqué de presse qui dit : « J’arrête tout, je rends les armes et je vends ma streetcred sur Leboncoin.fr. »
  2. Et je me rends à tes raisons : je reste jusqu’à demain matin, à reconsidérer les agréments de la vie aux champs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernds
  • redns
  • rendds
  • rendss
  • rennds
  • rensd
  • rneds
  • rrends

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rends - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ernds2redns2rendds1rendss1rennds1rensd2rneds2rrends1
Edit distance from "rends"

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 "rends"?
"rends" is spelled R-E-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃\.
What does "rends" mean?
As a verb, "rends" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de rendre.
What words are commonly confused with "rends"?
"rends" is commonly confused with "res", "rond", "reno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rends"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rends" is \ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rends" come from?
"rends" 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 "rends", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

poète#3,418oncle#3,415marge#3,410aille#3,432

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Stress8 variantsmonaco8 variantsélevée8 variantsengage8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list