tendance
\tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“tendance” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,280. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,280
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action ou force par laquelle un corps tend à se mouvoir d’un côté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tendance · tendance · French
tendance · rank #1,280 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,280
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tableau
Nearest frequency peer: tableau (-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 « tendance »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Réunion
Réunion
98,724 corpus weight
- tableau
tableau
98,722 corpus weight
- tendance
tendance
98,721 corpus weight
- vingt
vingt
98,720 corpus weight
- vit
vit
98,719 corpus weight
- atteint
atteint
98,718 corpus weight
What this shows « tendance » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tendance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,280 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tendance »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around tendance (IPA \tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,280 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tendance, with forms such as "etndance", "tednance", and "tenadnce". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "tendant", "tendances", "tenace", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tendance, spelled T-E-N-D-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Action ou force par laquelle un corps tend à se mouvoir d’un côté.
- 2Inclination ; penchant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tendance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La tendance des corps vers le centre de la terre.
Remarquez, d’autre part, cette tendance du tonnerre à choir non sur le clocher vieux, mais sur le clocher neuf ; […].
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etndance
- tednance
- tenadnce
- tendacne
- tendancce
- tendanec
- tendannce
- tenddance
- tendnace
- tenndance
- tnedance
- ttendance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tendance - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).