tendent

/\tɑ̃d\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,313

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

tendent is aFrenchverb. It means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tendre. Pronounced \tɑ̃d\. Often confused with tendon and tender.

Key facts for tendent
PropertyValue
Headwordtendent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɑ̃d\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,313
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tendent in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for tendent is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɑ̃d\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,313 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for tendent, with forms such as "etndent", "tednent", and "tenddent". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "tendon", "tender", "tentent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is tendent, spelled T-E-N-D-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tendre.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de tendre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etndent,tednent,tenddent,tendennt,tendentt,tendetn,tendnet,tenednt,tenndent,tnedent,ttendent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tendent

Misspelling Variants of "tendent"

etndent7tednent7tenddent8tendennt8tendentt8tendetn7tendnet7tenednt7
Misspelling Variants of "tendent"

Frequency rank: #11,313 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tendent"?
"tendent" is spelled T-E-N-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃d\.
What does "tendent" mean?
As a verb, "tendent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tendre.
What words are commonly confused with "tendent"?
"tendent" is commonly confused with "tendon", "tender", "tentent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tendent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tendent" is \tɑ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tendent" come from?
"tendent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.