tendeur
\tɑ̃.dœʁ\
The verdict
“tendeur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui tend quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tendeur · tendeur · French
tendeur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tendeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.dœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tendeur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃.dœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tendeur, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tendeur, spelled T-E-N-D-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui tend quelque chose.
- 2Piégeur qui pratique la tenderie aux grives.
- 3Celui qui se plaît à baiser, à faire l’amour.
- 4Nom de divers appareils servant à tendre.
- 5Dispositif servant à tendre les cordes des instruments à cordes.
- 6Courroie élastique munie d’un crochet à chaque bout, utilisée pour maintenir quelque chose en place. Sandow.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tendeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tendeur de tapisseries.
Tantôt avec les lassets, tantôt à l’aide de la bourraque, il faisait une petite récolte de ces belles crevettes roses (quand elles sont cuites) et qu’on appelle le bouquet; muni de l’attirail que j’ai décrit plus haut, il se livrait à une guerre acharnée contre toute la légion des crabes, pouparts, claquarts et craparagdis, sans compter les célèbres pieuv…
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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.