tendances
\tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“tendances” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,192
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tendance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tendances · tendances · French
tendances · rank #4,192 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,192
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tabac
Nearest frequency peer: tabac (-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 « tendances »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- stable
stable
95,812 corpus weight
- suivie
suivie
95,811 corpus weight
- tabac
tabac
95,810 corpus weight
- tendances
tendances
95,809 corpus weight
- terminée
terminée
95,808 corpus weight
- time
time
95,807 corpus weight
What this shows « tendances » 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 | tendances |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tendances »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around tendances (IPA \tɑ̃.dɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,192 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de tendance.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for tendances, with forms such as "etndances", "tednances", and "tenadnces". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tenaces", "tendance", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tendances, spelled T-E-N-D-A-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de tendance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tendances appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On se limitera ici aux pharisiens de la tendance apocalypticienne représentée par II Baruch et IV Esdras, mais il ne faut guère oublier que d’autres tendances pharisiennes, sans doute moins marginales, prévaudront par la suite.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etndances
- tednances
- tenadnces
- tendacnes
- tendancces
- tendancess
- tendancse
- tendanecs
- tendannces
- tenddances
- tendnaces
- tenndances
- tnedances
- ttendances
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tendances - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tendances", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).