tegenhouden
The verdict
“tegenhouden” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retenir, arrêter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tegenhouden · tegenhouden · French
tegenhouden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tegenhouden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tegenhouden » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tegenhouden is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Retenir, arrêter.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tegenhouden, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 tegenhouden, spelled T-E-G-E-N-H-O-U-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Retenir, arrêter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tegenhouden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
kan de inflatie door een prijsstop worden tegengehouden?
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.